Susan Wojcicki—Apologized to LGBTQ community but refused to remove homophobic harassment videos
In June 2019, Wojcicki defended YouTube's decision not to remove Steven Crowder's videos containing homophobic harassment and racist slurs against journalist Carlos Maza. She apologized to the LGBTQ community but said the company needed to be 'consistent' with its policies. Channel was later demonetized but not removed.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Moderation | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| LGBTQ+ Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.483 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)× agency (reactive ×0.75)
Evidence (1 signal)
Apologized to LGBTQ community but refused to remove homophobic harassment videos
In June 2019, Wojcicki defended YouTube's decision not to remove Steven Crowder's videos containing homophobic harassment and racist slurs against journalist Carlos Maza. She apologized to the LGBTQ community but said the company needed to be 'consistent' with its policies. Channel was later demonetized but not removed.