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==Censorship==
==Censorship==
[[File:Youtube-saves-biden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|YouTube manipulation of likes/dislikes on the Biden White House channel.<ref>https://81m.org/</ref>]]
[[File:Youtube-saves-biden.jpg|right|400px|thumb|YouTube manipulation of likes/dislikes on the Biden White House channel.<ref>https://81m.org/</ref>]]
Controversy arose in conservative circles after people such as [[Michelle Malkin]] claimed that YouTube censored [[conservative]] content<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/ "Michelle Malkin | » Banned on YouTube"]. ''MichelleMalkin.com''.</ref>. This led the creation of a pair of video-sharing websites: [[QubeTV]], an alternative site whose origins are reminiscent of the creation of [[Conservapedia]] by people who believed [[Wikipedia®]] to be [[liberal]], and the Christian alternative, [[GodTube]], which has been renamed "[http://www.tangle.com/ Tangle]".<ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/10/tangle/ GodTube is Born Again as MySpace-Like Tangle] Mashable</ref>
Controversy arose in conservative circles after people such as [[Michelle Malkin]] claimed that YouTube censored [[conservative]] content<ref>[http://michellemalkin.com/2006/10/04/banned-on-youtube-3/ "Michelle Malkin | » Banned on YouTube"]. ''MichelleMalkin.com''.</ref>. This led the creation of a pair of video-sharing websites: [[QubeTV]], an alternative site whose origins are reminiscent of the creation of [[Conservapedia]] by people who believed [[Wikipedia®]] to be [[liberal]], and the Christian alternative, [[GodTube]] [http://www.GodTube.com/].
On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a [[lawsuit]] against YouTube for its hosting of [[copyright]]ed content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE</ref>.
On August 6, 2007, a group of music publishing companies announced a [[lawsuit]] against YouTube for its hosting of [[copyright]]ed content without providing proper compensation to the copyright holders when the videos containing the content were viewed<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/youtube_music_publishers;_ylt=AmjdpxJDZVebD_Qp.hhWImKs0NUE</ref>.