Yesterday, YouTube said it would not take down videos harassing Maza. “My family is freaked out that I’m going to get killed.” The video currently has nearly 1 million views, and Maza says he’s been “getting death threats like I’ve never gotten before, like specific death threats that mention family members.” He says his Facebook and Instagram accounts, as well as his work and personal emails, have been flooded with hate. ICYMI: The Daily Beast under fire over story on ‘drunk Pelosi’ videoĬrowder responded with a video titled, “Vox is Trying to Ban This Channel,” claiming that the fiasco was an example of a giant corporate entity trying to silence voices it doesn’t like. Every single video has included repeated, overt attacks on my sexual orientation and ethnicity. Since I started working at Vox, Steven Crowder has been making video after video "debunking" Strikethrough. Last Thursday, after previously getting nowhere by reporting Crowder to YouTube directly, Maza posted a video compilation of clips in which Crowder calls Maza a “lispy queer,” “gay Mexican,” and “gay V-neck,” among other things. Maza has been a target of attacks by Steven Crowder, a right-wing commentator with more than 3.8 million subscribers, for two years, receiving everything from homophobic insults to death threats from Crowder’s followers whenever a video is posted.
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YouTube has also come under fire for cashing in on pride while failing to protect LGBTQ video creators such as Carlos Maza, host of the Vox series Strikethrough. Here come coupons for burritos that say “¿Homo estás?”
Corporations use Pride Month to speak to a community they otherwise ignore for the other 11.
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