At 3:40 a.m. Monday morning, The Daily Signal received an email from YouTube alerting it that the trailer for a mini-documentary on a victim of gender ideology in California was flagged for mentioning “suicide or self-harm topics.”   ?YouTube slapped a “suicide” and “self-harm” warning on the trailer of our interview with a California widow whose then-14-year-old daughter was taken away by Child Protective Services after the mother forbid the teenager from binding her chest and wearing males’ clothes.… pic.twitter.com/4dgYnkxAKO— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) September 9, 2024 The video, “California Stole My Rights,” now displays a warning screen that would-be viewers must manually bypass to watch the full trailer. According to YouTube’s guidelines, the video might also be restricted.  The Daily Signal asked YouTube what it meant by “restricted,” and why YouTube placed this restriction on the trailer, but it did not respond by the time of publication of this article.  In the 44-second trailer, a California mother merely says the word “suicidal” when quoting what her then-14-year-old-daughter told her when pleading her case for transitioning from girl to boy.   The mother says:  “It came out of nowhere that, all of a sudden, [my daughter said] ‘I want to be a boy. I feel suicidal.’”  That’s it.  Despite the fact that the mother was directly quoting her daughter, and the idea of suicide was never expanded upon, YouTube flagged the video for sensitive content anyway.  In an email to The Daily Signal, YouTube said:  “We’re reaching out because members of the YouTube Community, including fellow creators, viewers, or staff, have expressed concern for your safety or well-being after coming across content you posted with topics related to suicide or self-harm.”  According to YouTube’s suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders policy, these are the kinds of content that may be “restricted rather than removed”: Content that is meant to be educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic  Content that is of public interest  Graphic content that is sufficiently blurred  Dramatizations or scripted content, which includes but is not limited to animations, video games, music videos, and clips from movies and shows  Detailed discussion of suicide or self-harm methods, locations and hotspots  Graphic descriptions of self-harm or suicide  However, in one YouTube video, “Turning To Self-Surgery: A Transgender Woman’s Journey — Through Their Eyes,” a male-to-female transgender person explains the details of self-castration due to gender dysphoria. While the original video itself warns viewers at the start of the video, YouTube does not place any warning on it, despite the video’s graphic narration and visuals depicting this act of self-harm.  Meanwhile, The Daily Signal’s trailer gets a warning for quoting the word “suicidal” once and nothing more.   Earlier this year, the trailer for the forthcoming film “Joker: Folie à Deux” was also slapped with the same restriction before the warning was eventually removed. Presumably, the warning came for a depiction of Lady Gaga’s character pointing a finger gun at her head and “pulling the trigger.”  Earlier this year, YouTube gave the same warning to the trailer of the forthcoming film “Joker: Folie à Deux,” presumably because Lady Gaga points a finger gun to her head in one scene. YouTube later removed the warning saying it was “incorrectly” applied.4/8 pic.twitter.com/hPj9YoIvrd— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) September 9, 2024 Where The Daily Signal trailer and “Joker: Folie à Deux’s” were censored, a video of the now-deceased actor-comedian Robin Williams titled “Robin Williams, In His Own Words About Suicide,” in which he exclusively detailed his battle with suicidal ideation, can be played with no such warning.  The post TRIGGER WARNING: YouTube Slaps Suicide-Risk Warning on Daily Signal Video  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced Sunday the release of its sweeping 354-page report on the disastrous Biden Administration Afghanistan withdrawal of U.S. troops. 

James Earl Jones, the voice actor known for playing Darth Vader in “Star Wars” and Mufasa in "The Lion King” movie, has died at 93-years-old. 

Conservative champion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, not only ‘talks the talk’, but he has repeatedly demonstrated his determination to ‘walk the walk,’ when it comes to implementing anti-globalist mass Muslim immigration policies in his country.  Gateway Pundit (h/t Nita) From the unprecedented fines imposed by the EU to the ongoing battle to protect its […]

The White House is blaming Donald Trump for their horrendous Afghanistan withdrawal. Despicably dishonest, John Kirby was the messenger. The truth is they threw away Donald Trump’s plan. When the Taliban broke the deal, Biden should have withdrawn from the deal, according to Trump’s plan. Who believes they felt they had to do everything they […] The post White House Blames Trump for Their Horrendous Afghan Withdrawal appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.