AMLO accuses YouTube of being taken over by conservatives after deleting his conference

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradoraccused this Monday YouTube of being taken over by a group of “conservatives” after the platform deleted its press conference on February 22 for disclosing the telephone number of the correspondent of the The New York Times In Mexico, Natalie Kitroeff.

“YouTube He brushed me (removed his video), several. I have information, perhaps the owners of the YouTubebut I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to investigate because it seems that the company here, as was the case Twitterwas taken over by conservatives linked to a conservative party“, he said in his morning press conference.

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The Mexican president referred to the controversy that arose on Thursday, when he displayed a letter of Kitroeff with your phone and a questionnaire about a crime investigation U.Snow closed, of alleged bribes from Sinaloa Cartel it’s from Zetas Cartel who received the campaign López Obrador in 2018.

YouTube He deleted the video arguing that the publication of the journalist’s phone number could be qualified as harassment, but the president described the events as “censorship” and accused the technology giant of having a “arrogant and authoritarian attitude”.

He noted that freedom “it’s sublime” and that they were “not consulted when these regulations were approved.”

“It’s not just a technical issue, it’s a political problembecause there is no way this rule can be applied to our opponents, if they lie to my mother (insult me), if they mess with my family, if they slander me one day and another too.”he emphasized.

“Why should the journalist (Tim Golden from ProPública) who made the report where I received money from drug trafficking?”he questioned.

The president criticized that The New York Times was not touched “with a rose petal” after its investigations.

“Here it is (Julian) Assange (founder of WikiLeaks) unjustly detained And where is the freedom of expression? That’s why I say this Statue of Liberty It has become an empty symbol. At first I thought they were going to return it to France“But they better send it to us here,” he stated.

López Obrador also revealed that a member of the President’s cabinet spoke with YouTube to upload the video again, but said he refused because the condition was to remove the phone number shown.

“W.When I found out, I respectfully told him: no, no, because I’m going to repost the letter they sent you. Jesus (Ramirezpresidential spokesperson), so you can see the tone, the manner“, necessary.

The Mexican president read again the letter he sent Kitroeff to the Presidency, although now without the number, and insisted that the communicator’s telephone number is “institutional” It is “public”.

Source: Elcomercio

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