It comes during a national reckoning over racial discrimination in which companies such as Google have promised to push for change. Catherine Jones, creator of the YouTube channel Carmen CaBoom, said the platform removed the channel, alleging nudity. After asking Frosch to sign a nondisclosure agreement, YouTube representatives told Frosch that the company’s algorithms categorize creators based on their race, among other characteristics, she wrote. That information is used “when filtering and curating content and restricting access to YouTube services,” she says she was told. ADPeter Obstler, an attorney at Browne George Ross, represents Frosch and the black creators who filed the suit.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2020 11:01 UTC