From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

And this is Heritage Explains.

As of last Thursday, May 14th, my lawyer Bill Richmond and I have filed a notice of a lawsuit against YouTube and are seeking an injunction to prevent them, to stop them from currently de-platforming us.

I want to be really clear, this is different from claims and counterclaims or people thinking that their content is being throttled.

We've officially sent a notice of a lawsuit. Very different level.

This is the big one, boys and girls. That's comedian and commentator Stephen Crowder on a

recent episode of his show, Louder with Crowder, taking the gloves off.

Over the past few months, he's been receiving strikes from YouTube for allegedly violating

their harassment and cyberbullying policy.

These strikes have resulted in the suspension of his show, demonetization, or the inability to profit from views, and a complete

disconnect with the nearly 5.7 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. While the story is making

headlines and the lawsuit will serve as a challenge to the way the system is currently set up.

This is just another example of the scores of conservative people,

feeling like they're being unfairly silenced by social media.

It's happening. No question about it.

But should conservatives like Crowder even be upset about this?

Does it merit a lawsuit?

What are those terms and what are those conditions?

What do they mean?

Are they clearly defined?

I mean, it's hard to hold someone accountable to terms that aren't clear to begin with.

When you look at the mistakes that are made where maybe they'll pull down some content, maybe they'll demonetize a specific influencer, you have to realize that these mistakes tend to only happen in one direction, and that does not

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