.
NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AROUND
THE WORLD HELPING TO POLICE
YOUTUBE. WELL, FOR EXTREMIST
CONTENT RANGING FROM SO-CALLED
HATE SPEECH TO TERRORIST
RECRUITING VIDEOS.
OKAY. WE GET THAT.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT
GOOGLE.
THE STOCK, BY THE WAY, ENDING
THE DAY UP IN THE GREEN.
JUST UP -- I SHOULD CALL IT
UP, OF COURSE, BUT WE LIKE TO
CALL IT GOOGLE.
EVER SO SLIGHTLY FLAT ON THE
MARKET.
HE WAS CENSORED BY GOOGLE WHEN
HE TOOK DOWN HIS VIDEO BY HOW
I FEEL ABOUT BEING CALLED A
WHITE SUPREMACIES.
WHY IN THE WOBBLED WOULD THIS
BE BLOCKED?
GOOD QUESTIONS.
JOINING ME NOW TO ANSWER IS
PETERSON.
DR. PETERSON, EXPLAIN TO ME
HOW DID YOU GET BLOCKED ON
YOUTUBE?
THINK.
I HAD ALL OF MY ACCOUNTS SHUT
DOWN ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO
TOO.
MY GMAIL ACCOUNTS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE
EVERYTHING ELSE.
ASHLEY: WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I VIOLATED THEIR TERMS OF
AGREEMENT.
ASHLEY: HOW?
>> THEY JUST SENT ME A GENERIC
MESSAGE SAYING THAT THE ROBOTS
HAVE PICKED ME UP.
THE ALGORITHMS THAT IT WAS
REVIEWED BY A HUMAN AND THAT
THEY BLOCKED ME.
BUT THERE WAS A BIG OUTCRY ON
SOCIAL MEDIA AND REINSTATED
SOCIAL MEDIA AND REINSTATED.
ASHLEY: THEY DIDN'T TELL YOU
EXACTLY WHY BUT WHAT DO YOU
SUSPECT.
>> WELL, I SUSPECTED IT HAD TO
DO SOMETHING WITH A POLITICAL
SITUATION THAT I WAS IN
CANADA.
I COME OUT AGAINST A
PARTICULAR PIECE OF
LEGISLATION AND PEOPLE ACCUSED
OF ME BEING PART OF THE
ALT-RIGHT OR PART OF THE FAR
RIGHT
RIGHT.
>> YEAH. IT PURPORTED TO HAVE
GENDER IDENTITY A LIST OF
CATEGORIES UNDER THE HUMAN
SPEECH, AND I OBJECTED TO
THAT.
AND BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE
GOVERNMENT IS IN JOB OF
TELLING YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD
SAY, MUCH LESS, YOU KNOW, WHAT
BUT PERHAPS NOT THAT EITHER.
SO IT WAS POLITICAL.
AND I HAD PEOPLE INSIDE GOOGLE
TELLING ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO -- AND THEN THIS LATEST
THING WAS A CLIP THAT WAS
TAKEN FROM AN INTERVIEW I HAD
AND THAT WAS BANNED.
.
ASHLEY: SO WHAT'S YOUR
RECOURSE?
HAVE YOU SAID, HEY, THIS IS
UNFAIR?
CASE?
>> WELL, I WAS FORTUNATE WHEN
IT HAPPENED ORIGINALLY BECAUSE
I KNOW LOTS OF MEDIA PEOPLE IN
CANADA AND SO I CALLED A
NUMBER OF REPORTERS AND SAID,
LOOK, THEY SHUT DOWN MY GMAIL
ACCOUNTS.
SO IT WAS REALLY NOT GOOD.
IT WAS REALLY NOT GOOD.
AND WITHIN A DAY OR SO, THEY
ASHLEY: BECAUSE YOU GOT THE
MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> WELL, YEAH.
EXACTLY.
I HAD CLOUT.
AND THE PERSON WHO HAD DONE
THE INTERVIEW WITH ME, THEY
RUN A YOUTUBE CHANNEL CALLED
H3H3 AND HAVE ABOUT 4 MILLION
SUBSCRIBERS, SO THEY HAD CLOUT
TOO
TOO.
YOUR GMAIL SHUT DOWN, YOU'RE
NOT GOING TO CHANGE YOUR WAY
OF EXPRESSING YOURSELF.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO OPPOSE
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN TELL
ME WHAT TO SAY.
ASHLEY: LET'S GET TO YOUR
BOOK.
12 RULES OF LIFE.
TELL ME WHAT ARE THE RULES OF
LIFE.
WHERE AM I GOING WRONG, IS
WHAT I WANT TO FIND OUT.
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE
>> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU ONE.
ASHLEY: YES.
>> IT'S CALLED PUT YOUR HOUSE
IN PERFECT ORDER BEFORE YOU
CRITICIZE THE WORLD AND BEHIND
THE MOTIVATION OF THINGS SUCH
AS THE COLUMBINE SCHOOL
SHOOTING.
SO IT'S A SERIOUS CHAPTER AND
ABOUT THE MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE
THAT STRUCTURED SOCIETY BEFORE
THEY ACT RESPONSIBLY IN THE
ORDER
ORDER.
ASHLEY: IT'S EASY TO SAY THAT
BUT HOW HARD IS IT TO DO?
PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE THEY
WOULD DO A LOT OF SELF
REFLECTION.
>> WELL, THEY'RE NOT OFTEN
CONVINCED THAT THEIR EFFORTS
WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.
BUT THEY ARE WORTHWHILE, AND
THE LAST YEAR, AND I'VE HAD
THOUSANDS.
TRYING OUT THE SORTS OF THINGS
THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING ON MY
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
YOUTUBE VIDEOS.
ASHLEY: PUTTING YOUR HOUSE IN
ORDER.
WHAT ELSE?
GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE.
>> PET A CAN CAT WHEN YOU
ENCOUNTER IT ON THE STREET
ENCOUNTER IT ON THE STREET.
ASHLEY: I ACTUALLY DO DO
THAT.
>> WELL, THERE YOU GO.
IT'S A MEDITATION, IT'S A
CHAPTER ABOUT MY DAUGHTER'S
SERIOUS ILLNESS, AND I'M
ATTEMPTING -- I'M A CLINICAL
PSYCHOLOGIST, BUT I'M
ATTEMPTING IN THAT CHAPTER TO
HELP PEOPLE DETERMINE HOW THEY
CAN COPE WHEN THINGS GET FAR
BITS OF BEAUTY AND WARMTH THAT
ENTER YOUR LIFE SPONTANEOUSLY.
ASHLEY: VERY INTERESTING.