Google Resists Becoming Digital ‘Town Square’ in Censorship Spat
- YouTube accused of illegally restricting conservative videos
- Thousands of lawsuits predicted if Prager University wins case
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Conservatives have fretted for months that Google, Twitter and Facebook use their power to stifle politically charged content. Now it’s a judge’s turn to weigh in.
Google is seeking the dismissal of a lawsuit by a nonprofit maker of informational online videos called Prager University, which accuses the Alphabet Inc. unit of illegally restricting access on YouTube to its conservative messages.