Drew Taylor: Media Law & Literacy

When it comes to the first Amendment, the government must abide by the laws of the land. Including the first amendment. This isn’t necessarily the same when it comes to private companies. One of those companies that often does what they want instead of abiding by the first amendment is YouTube. They hold the power to keep or delete any videos off of their platform that they so desire to get rid of. People sometimes claim that their video getting removed or getting age restricted by YouTube violates their 1 st amendment rights, but YouTube has not violated anybody’s rights if they so choose to do this. An Example of this is a recent Supreme Court Case involving YouTube and Prager University where YouTube put age restrictions on some of Prager University’s videos. Prager University’s YouTube Channel is a conservative body where they talk about important issues involving the US Constitution. The case was discussing if YouTube must be a platform for free speech for anybody.

My name is Drew Taylor. I'm a senior from Jacksonville, Florida studying Electronic Media Production at High Point University. Outside of class, I'm a member of the Service Fraternity Alpha Phi Omega. I'm learning how to write a blog for the first time this semester. After I finish college, I'm planning on shooting photos/video for real estate and shooting corporate video as well.