grounds. In June 2019, YouTube demonetized comedian Steven Crowder after Crowder did a lisping imitation of Vox writer Carlos Maza, even though Crowder hadn’t violated YouTube’s terms of service.21 In December 2019, YouTube formalized a new policy that bans videos that “maliciously insult someone” based on protected attributes. In practice, this meant that YouTube actively considered whether to take down videos that included President Trump mocking Senator Elizabeth Warren as “Pocahontas” over her false claims of Native American ancestry. This is speech-policing, pure and simple.22
