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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.26,0:00:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi it's Emily from Bite Size Vegan and welcome\Nto a special vegan nugget. This isn’t a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.13,0:00:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,typical video of mine, but it’s very important.\NI wanted to share with you a challenge of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.83,0:00:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unjust censorship I’m facing and ask for\Nyour help to have the truth heard. It’s
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.48,0:00:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very simple action you can take, but amplified\Nby each of you, it has great power.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First let me tell you what happened and speak\Nto the disturbing undercurrent of social media
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.70,0:00:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discrimination and censorship of the vegan\Nmessage.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.66,0:00:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mission of Bite Size Vegan and the whole\Nreason I started this channel was to provide
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.56,0:00:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free access to approachable but research-backed\Nvegan education. And while I strive to make
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.53,0:00:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my videos entertaining and engaging, my core\Npurpose remains to speak the truth no matter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.49,0:00:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cost. This is almost always an uphill\Nbattle, especially recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.36,0:00:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had the incredible honor of seeing the video\Nof my speech The Extremism of Veganism: Exposing
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.61,0:00:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greatest Lie take off and connect with\Npeople in a way no educational video of mine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.73,0:01:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has before, and certainly not one that was\Nover 30 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.94,0:01:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the days after the initial post, people\Nwere organically finding the video, spurring
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.87,0:01:12.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a resurgence of views, sharing, engagement\Nand momentum, which for a 30-minute educational
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.69,0:01:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speech on my channel is unheard of, yet what\NI always hope for. It was on its way to 100,000,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.67,0:01:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from the comments, it seems that people\Nwere actually connecting with the content
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.84,0:01:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a powerful manner.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.17,0:01:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I received an email from YouTube saying\Nthe video had been flagged as inappropriate.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.88,0:01:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They reviewed it and placed it under age restriction.\NIt will no longer appear as a suggested video
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.60,0:01:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and users have to be logged in and age verified\Nto even find it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.73,0:01:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is graphic footage within my speech—however,\Naccording to YouTube’s own policy stated
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.13,0:01:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the very notification they sent me,\Nmy presentation of this footage falls within
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.22,0:01:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the parameters of “exceptions for appropriate\Neducational, documentary, artistic, and scientific
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.06,0:02:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contexts where the purpose of posting is clear.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask that “uploaders post as much information\Nas possible in the title and description of
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.89,0:02:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their video to help [them] and viewers understand\Nthe primary purpose of the video.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.15,0:02:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As always, I provide an almost excessive amount\Nof information and framing in my description,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.53,0:02:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as an entire blog post with extensive\Nscientific citations and a full bibliography.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.87,0:02:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I give viewers ample warning within the video\Nto turn away or skip over the graphic footage,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even provide navigational time stamps\Nin the description.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.97,0:02:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition, YouTube states that they don’t\Nallow content that’s “intended to incite
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.86,0:02:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence or encourage dangerous activities.”\NAnd yet videos, entire channels and social
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.61,0:02:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,media posts of people killing and skinning\Nliving beings for pleasure, or posing in the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.79,0:02:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skin of others beings who were anally and\Ngenitally electrocuted and skinned alive,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.82,0:02:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or roasting dead carcasses with unmitigated\Nglee, are totally acceptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.73,0:03:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While my speech and other activists are speaking\Nout against such violence, in an educational
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.56,0:03:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manner, as YouTube states is an exception,\Nthese accounts and individuals are actively
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.58,0:03:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,promoting violence, against YouTube’s own\Nstated standards, of “shocking, sensational,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.47,0:03:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and disrespectful presentation,” void of\Nany clear educational framing. Yet it’s
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.60,0:03:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the promoters of violence YouTube protects,\Nwhile they censor, restrict or shut down entirely
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.31,0:03:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those of us pointing to the truth behind these\Nsocially-accepted atrocities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.87,0:03:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the ultimate manifestation of this\Nabsurd and illogical bias would be if this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.97,0:03:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video you ’re currently watching were to\Nbe flagged and age restricted for showing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.90,0:03:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very footage from other channels that\Nnot only remains unrestricted but is also
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.62,0:03:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deemed advertiser-friendly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.34,0:03:55.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take this gustatorial perversity for example.\NI’d hazard a guess that were I to present
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.25,0:04:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very footage on my channel within a vegan\Nframework, I’d have yet another age restriction
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.96,0:04:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and advertiser pull-out on my hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.22,0:04:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I often receive notices from YouTube\Nsaying that my videos, which show the reality
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.33,0:04:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we do to animals, are not appropriate\Nfor advertisers and all ads have been pulled.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.53,0:04:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not due to copyright but simply because\Nadvertisers won’t go near them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.39,0:04:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Society wants the end product without having\Nto acknowledge the process. It's "inappropriate"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.60,0:04:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make people think about the lives they\Nhave paid to ruin. We can’t have a pre-roll
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.98,0:04:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,add for pizza be followed by the truth about\Nthe rape, kidnapping, torture, abuse, confinement
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.95,0:04:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and murder that went into every slice, now\Ncan we?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.87,0:04:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As vegan animal activists, our most vital\Ntool is our voice. We are more or less powerless
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.25,0:04:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to directly halt the mass slaughter of trillions\Nof innocent beings every year. Our power lies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.12,0:04:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in speaking out. In educating. In presenting\Nthe truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.84,0:05:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a global culture of misinformation and\Nchildhood indoctrination, dominated by false
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.31,0:05:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assurances of humane slaughter and the happy\Nanimals on our plates, by the baffling concept
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.32,0:05:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it’s acceptable to love animals and\Neat them, by the perverse sense of human entitlement
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.23,0:05:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dominion over those we deem lesser-than,\Nby the deeply corrupt allegiances between
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.58,0:05:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the animal product industries, governmental\Nregulatory bodies, and educational institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.48,0:05:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,producing shaky-science-backed lies about\Nour dire need for the very foods that are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.53,0:05:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killing us, every single voice of truth is\Nneeded more than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.91,0:05:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am by no means the first nor will I\Nbe the last activist threatened with unfair
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.90,0:05:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unfounded roadblocks to speaking the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.92,0:05:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outspoken individuals in every movement have\Nalways fought censorship. The animal rights
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.85,0:05:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vegan message are particularly dangerous\Nas they threaten the very foundation of the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.60,0:05:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lie the majority of the world relies upon\Nremaining in tact.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.88,0:06:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The animals need every voice. The lies we\Nare up against are incredibly powerful, pervasive,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.05,0:06:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and persistent. And the consequences for speaking\Nthe truth can be dire. I am aware that in
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.70,0:06:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Unites States even what I do could be\Nconsidered terrorism under the AETA. But I
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.27,0:06:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know who the real terrorists are. And I'll\Ncontinue to speak for their victims.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.59,0:06:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the weeks since my video was flagged, it’s\Nbarely accumulated a couple thousand views.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.76,0:06:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this isn’t about the views—it’s\Nabout stifling the message and the bias of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.32,0:06:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,YouTube and other social media platforms revealed\Nby the inconsistencies in the enforcement
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.03,0:06:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.43,0:06:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what can you do to help? The day after\Ntomorrow, I’m going to be re-posting the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.25,0:06:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speech. And I’ll be spending the entirety\Nof tomorrow at a 24-hour vigil with Toronto
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.07,0:06:34.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pig Save, looking into the eyes of innocent\Nanimals on the way to their deaths, unable
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.46,0:06:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent their senseless murders.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.78,0:06:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The new speech post will have the graphic\Nfootage removed with a link to the original
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.10,0:06:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video and explanation. What I need from you\Nis to please watch the new posting and share
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.84,0:06:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it far and wide. I realize many of you may\Nhave already seen the speech. So you can even
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.14,0:06:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just let it run in the background.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.13,0:06:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We may never recapture the momentum of the\Noriginal post, but all I can do is try. From
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.41,0:07:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the responses I’ve received, this speech\Nis effective. Let’s not let it die. Let’s
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.68,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scream at the top of our lungs, refuse to\Nbe silenced.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.56,0:07:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your support. Never stop fighting.\NNever give up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.47,0:07:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please join me in re-launching the speech\Nand revealing the truth on June 15th, 2016
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.99,0:07:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any day thereafter. It may seem a simple\Nstep to take, but the implications of these
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.22,0:07:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemingly small injustices are monumental.\NTake action. Call out hypocrisy. Go vegan.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.07,0:07:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And fight.