Pro-2nd Amendment Groups, Content Creators Protest YouTube’s New Rules

Gun rights advocates say the new rules are designed to suppress ‘content that depicts wholly legal and constitutionally protected activity’ on the platform.
Pro-2nd Amendment Groups, Content Creators Protest YouTube’s New Rules
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Michael Clements
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Second Amendment advocates are protesting YouTube’s Community Guidelines, which will restrict and outright ban certain gun content when they’re implemented on June 18.

Under the new rules, videos selling firearms are prohibited, as are videos demonstrating how to remove safety devices, install or use devices that simulate fully automatic fire, manufacture guns or accessories, and convert semi-automatic weapons to fully automatic weapons.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,