Google won't hold a preliminary examination against a Quebec-based YouTuber who is filing a class action against the web giant after she alleges the platform censored her because of comments she made during the pandemic.
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“Google wants to question Eloise Boyce for an hour and a half about her allegations, about the income from her YouTube channel. Conspiracy theorist And a Antivax“, we may read in a recent judgment of the Superior Court.
Ms. Boies, a resident of Saint-Bruno in Montérégie, filed a class action request in January 2022 against the Internet giant that owns YouTube. Quebecer claims that the video is censored on the hosting platform.
She is particularly interested in her publications “Why Refuse the Vaccine?” Allegedly. Or even “censorship” because its content was spreading misinformation about COVID-19, according to Google.
“The pro-vaccine campaign is dishonest, since the start of the pandemic, the Quebec government has been telling us it's short-term,” she said in one of her sequences.
- November 3, 2023 interview between Eloise Boyce and a controversial doctor in France about a “plot” aimed at “reducing world population”:
She lost money
Last month, the search giant submitted a request to question Eloise Bois about “a reduction in freelance contract offers she claims she lost” because of videos removed from her channel.
“These allegations are so vague or imprecise that they need to be questioned on this ground. This matter is also clearly related to the merits of the dispute and should not be the subject of questioning at the current stage of the case,” judge Lukasz Granosic finally ruled.
“Screenshot of video published on Elo Veut Savoir YouTube channel”
Ms Bois, from Saint-Bruno, claims she has lost income due to the removal of controversial scenes on YouTube.
Google's lawyers will have to wait for a debate on the authority of the class action to get answers to the YouTuber's allegations.
Up to $2000 per person
Among other things, Ms. Boies demands.
However, the footage must have been removed under the platform's policy, which prohibits “false medical information contrary to local health authorities or the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding COVID-19.”
Remember that the Eloise Boys were the heart of the movement against health measures during the pandemic. This is the subject of a separate report Radio-Canada There she questions scientists who are spreading “a lot of misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines.”
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