YouTube takes down independent court livestreams
I think at this point we can just expect this stuff.<p>The ridiculousness of it, though.  The rekieta law stream (which is <i>fantastic</i>, btw: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YXd2M5E-8" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7YXd2M5E-8</a>) has anywhere from 4-12 active lawyers giving commentary and context to everything that is happening.<p>This is exactly the type of thing we dreamed about when we were first creating the internet.<p>However: often times these smaller independent journalists and commenters go against the reality that media companies want you to believe you live in.  Thus: they get censored.  Rekieta lost almost 40,000 people who <i>were</i> getting live commentary from a diverse (idealogically) set of lawyers, and now must to places where these companies can assert more narrative control.<p>It's sad.