Originally published at National Catholic Register
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is demanding answers from Google over concerns that its YouTube TV streaming service might be discriminating against faith-based channels in its programming decisions.
The allegations stem from YouTube TV’s refusal to permit faith-based television network Great American Family, which is owned by Great American Media, to stream on its platform. The channel, which seeks to promote family-friendly Christian values in its shows, is available on cable and satellite television providers and many other streaming services.
“These concerning allegations come at a time when American public discourse has experienced an unprecedented — and unacceptable — surge in censorship,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to lead the agency, said in a post on X.
“I’m asking Google for answers,” he added.
Carr’s March 7 letter to Google and its parent company, Alphabet, states that YouTube TV “does not appear to have a public-facing policy against such programs.” But, he wrote, “I want to determine whether your company engages in this form of discrimination in practice.”
“Concerns have been raised alleging that your company has a policy (secret or otherwise) that discriminates against faith-based programming,” the letter adds. “As an example, Great
