The majority of media sources are liberal. You know this. Some people will deny this but most will agree with you. It seems to me any company has the to do as they choose as long as it is legal. Have they broken any law?

Speyside wrote:

As a cord cutter, we watch a lot of YouTube. If there is an ad that you no longer wish to watch, you can click on "why am I seeing this ad", and then select "stop seeing this ad". YouTube will stop playing that ad and replace it with something else. You can also skip most ads after the first 5 seconds. For the past few weeks they have been playing two anti-Trump ads. Neither ad can be skipped, and when I go into the menu, the "stop seeing this ad" function has been removed.. Meanwhile, pro Trump ads can be skipped and disabled. About a week ago, an anti-Tillis ad started to play. Tillis is the Republican Senator from my district. This ad also can not be skipped or disabled, but any pro-Tillis ads can. A few days ago, I went into settings and turned off all political ads. Surprise, surprise. All the pro-Trump and pro-Tillis ads no longer come up, but the anti-Trump and anti-Tillis ads continue to play over and over again. Since the "skip" feature is disabled, you have to sit through the entire ad to get to the video you wish to watch. Yet there are some of you who continue to insist that social media platforms do not have a leftist political agenda. Priceless.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

As a cord cutter, we watch a lot of YouTube. If there is an ad that you no longer wish to watch, you can click on "why am I seeing this ad", and then select "stop seeing this ad". YouTube will stop playing that ad and replace it with something else. You can also skip most ads after the first 5 seconds. For the past few weeks they have been playing two anti-Trump ads. Neither ad can be skipped, and when I go into the menu, the "stop seeing this ad" function has been removed.. Meanwhile, pro Trump ads can be skipped and disabled. About a week ago, an anti-Tillis ad started to play. Tillis is the Republican Senator from my district. This ad also can not be skipped or disabled, but any pro-Tillis ads can. A few days ago, I went into settings and turned off all political ads. Surprise, surprise. All the pro-Trump and pro-Tillis ads no longer come up, but the anti-Trump and anti-Tillis ads continue to play over and over again. Since the "skip" feature is disabled, you have to sit through the entire ad to get to the video you wish to watch. Yet there are some of you who continue to insist that social media platforms do not have a leftist political agenda. Priceless.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:

Have you considered it isn't the ads, but the videos?

I don't watch a lot of youtube... and nothing I have ever watched has given me a political ad before it (so you really have to ask yourself what you're doing wrong in the first place there)....

but I have run across different types of ads on youtube. Some get a "skip" button after 5 seconds, and others autoplay through the entire thing before going to the video (note, these ads seem shorter themselves, like only 10 sec at most).

I have always assumed they are based on how the channel set up the advertising.... or how the advertiser paid for their time. Given that none of the ads are political, the idea that it's based in a political bias seems to be overreaching.

victor809 wrote:

The ads that play are linked directly to your Google searches...

If you routinely can't skip an ad after 5 seconds, the channel you're watching has made it so... The channels don't decide which ads to run (that's determined by your search history) but they do decide which format - 1 ad, 2 ads, 6 second ads, 15 second skippable ads, 15second full play ads, or full length ads...

I watch YouTube all the time... It's the season for political ads, but you're likely seeing what you're asking for... People interact more with things they disagree with...

opelmanta1900 wrote:

It is a business, however IMO, YouTube has become an entity like a utility. It goes against my inner libertarian thoughts, (Just not the borderless crap.) but I can see someone testing access limitations/censoring in court one day.

Gene363 wrote:

God forbid as of now. A regulated utility? What ever happened to freedom of speech? The internet is trending much higher now and I beleive and we will come to use it more and more after the epidemic.So, you don't believe utube is bised. Don't use it or get ad blocking software.

rfenst wrote: