- [Paul] For decades, LifeSiteNews

has covered family abortion culture

with no issues on theweb and social media,

piling up millions of clicks and views.

- We're been operatingnormally forever and forever.

Our YouTube channel had315,000 subscribers.

We had millions of videoviews a week every week.

- [Paul] That's now falling to pieces

as big tech cracks down on LifeSiteNews.

After giving it three clear warnings,

YouTube completely banned it in February

for a COVID-related videofeaturing a Catholic bishop.

- All he said was that he wasn't going

to take this CDOVID vaccine

because it was abortion tainted.

- [Paul] YouTube guidelines state

"YouTube doesn't allow content

that spreads medical misinformation

that contradicts local health authorities'

or the World HealthOrganization's medical information

about COVID-19."

Google News has also booted LifeSiteNews.

- We had a lot oftraffic from Google News.

We're off there now completely.

No appeal process allowed.

- [Paul] Views and clickshave fallen big time

and so have donations.

- This has affected usin major, major ways.

Losing an audience of 315,000 subscribers

and literally millions of views per week

is quite substantial.

- People shop and sell

and go to church online.

- [Paul] Dan Gainor fromhis position at TechWatch

and the Media Research Center

sees de-platforminghurting tens of thousands.

- It harms their businesses,

it harms churches and Christian groups

who wanna reach their,

you build up an audience

and then suddenly, the rug is pulled out

from under you and youcan't reach your people.

If we are not allowed online freedom,

then we become third-class citizens

in a society whereeverything is done online.

- The thing is private internet companies

aren't bound by the First Amendment

and they're usually covered by immunity

from something called Section 230

of the Federal Telecommunications Act.

Critics though are callingon the FCC and Congress

to change that so that at least big tech

could be sued if its de-platforming

and censoring hurts someone.

Meanwhile it goes on with Gainor saying

that de-platforming wenthyper after the election,

beginning with the big techbooting of Donald Trump.

- President Donald Trump was removed

from 17 different platforms.

They concluded that ifthey can do it to Trump,

they can do it to all of us.

- [Paul] Gainor's conclusion?

- Systematically big techis turning technology

into a club to be used against people

who dare disagree with them.

- Google denies this, sayingin a 2018 media statement,

"Giving preference to contentof one political ideology

over another would fundamentally conflict

with our goal of providing services

that work for everyone."

Gainor disagrees and he warnsthis cancel culture trend

is moving from big techto places like banks,

credit card companies

and law firms cutting off Conservatives.

Gainor and Westen advise theseand other potential targets

to build their own alternativeinfrastructure and systems.

- And that means web companies

and lawyers and search engines

and social media companies

and all of those links along the chain.

- But it's really, really important

that people have these alternatives

and do the reach-outs now

to alternatives where you can get to.

- [Paul] LifeSiteNews haslearned a hard lesson.

- That YouTube, Facebook, Twitter,

they really don't have the best interests

of freedom at heart.

They are going to come after you.

- [Paul] Paul Strand,CBN News, Washington.