House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is accusing YouTube of potentially repressing former President Trumpโs interview with podcast host Joe Rogan.
In a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pitchai sent late Wednesday, Jordan said the tech giantโs subsidiary “appears to have censored the video of Joe Roganโs recent interview with President Donald Trump.”
“We write to seek an immediate briefing on (1) YouTubeโs decision to censor Joe Roganโs interview with President Trump; and (2) Google Searchโs elevation of material critical of the interview,” Jordan wrote.
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Podcast host Joe Rogan spoke with former President Trump for three hours (Screenshots/The Joe Rogan Experience)
The Ohio Republican cited a New York Post report that said people were having difficulty finding the three-hour interview on YouTube.
“Recent news coverage reports that โsearch[es] on YouTube using the terms โJoe Rogan Trumpโ or โJoe Rogan Donald Trumpโ did not bring up Fridayโs three-hour sit-down at the top of the list,โ” the letter said
The report claimed the full interview was also “absent” from YouTubeโs trending videos page the following day.
Jordan also said YouTube acknowledged “censorship” of the interview, referring to a statement posted to X earlier this week that read, “For some searches on Monday the original 3-hour interview didnโt appear prominently. Short excerpts uploaded by the Joe Rogan channel appeared, but we know it was frustrating for users looking to find the full video.”
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House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan is investigating accusations the interview was censored (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
“Weโve worked to resolve this and viewers will begin seeing the full podcast in more YouTube search results soon,” the statement said.
Jordan wrote in his letter to Alphabet, “Americans deserve access to political speech, especially in the closing weeks before an election.”
“Given the companyโs recent history of censorship, including at the behest of the Biden-Harris Administration, YouTubeโs censorship of former President Trump is particularly troubling,” he wrote.
“Please arrange for this briefing as soon as possible, but no later than 10:00 am on November 14, 2024.”
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Republicans have accused Google of censoring speech in the past. Most recently, the attorney general of Missouri said he would investigate the company, though Google called the accusations “totally false” in a statement to Reuters.
As of late Wednesday evening, Rogan’s interview with Trump has over 41 million views on YouTube.
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