YouTube removed an ad from the Republican Governors Association (RGA) that criticized Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky for supporting child gender reassignment and reinstated the ad on Monday, a spokeswoman for the group said.
advertisement, sick but truehas criticized Beshear, the re-election candidate for Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron, for supporting surgical procedures to change the sexual characteristics of minors, which has been strongly criticized by conservative groups. criticized. The video was taken down by YouTube on Sunday, but was reinstated on Monday following a review and protest from his RGA, who created the video. (Related: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he opposes child sex transitions despite rejecting ban)
“The radical transgender agenda. I advocate doing so [and] We vetoed bills banning physician sex reassignment surgery and even chemical castration of minors,” the video’s narration says. “I feel bad, but it’s true.”
.@AndyBeshearKY‘s radical policies are at odds with Kentucky’s values.
He supports having young children undergo permanent sex reassignment surgery and even supports allowing children to be chemically castrated. pic.twitter.com/gemHhAmOI6
—RGA (@GOPGovs) July 28, 2023
YouTube removed the ad on Sunday for violating its “hate speech” policy. according to To the Lexington Herald Reader, a Kentucky-based newspaper. It was later restored on Monday and made accessible to the Daily Caller News Foundation, RGA said.
“This ad is 100% factual,” RGA State Press Secretary Courtney Alexander wrote in an email to the DCNF. “Mr Beshear responded to YouTube’s decision to reinstate the video, explaining why he wanted to legalize child-rearing, given that Mr Beshear tried to fabricate the truth by raising funds in YouTube’s temporary review. need to explain “permanent gender change surgery.” ”
“We consider hate speech to be content that incites hatred or violence against groups based on protected attributes such as age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. It also includes common forms of online hate, such as the dehumanization of members of these groups,” says YouTube Hate Speech. policy To read. Transgender activists have often responded to conservative criticism by calling it “dehumanizing.” according to To the left-wing LGBTQ+ advocacy group GLAAD.
It’s unclear what was removed for hate speech. YouTube’s policy allows users to flag videos to the company for review, and also introduced “machine learning to proactively detect potentially objectionable content for human review.” I’m here.
Big technology companies criticized Conservatives accused him of alleged censorship of right-wing free speech. left-wing employee They internally pressure executives to act in line with their values.
Beshear has denied supporting gender reassignment surgery for minors.
“Andy Beshear has always been against gender reassignment surgery on minors, but it’s not done in Kentucky,” a spokesperson for the Beshear campaign wrote in a comment to the Herald Reader.
Beshear will face Cameron in the Nov. 7 general election.
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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