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| Journalist Carlos Maza regularly faces abuse online |
YouTube is one of many companies
that has given its logo a rainbow-themed makeover to show support for
LGBT rights - but, underneath the colourful veneer, a row has erupted
over how the video-sharing site enforces its own hate-speech policies.
He says he has faced persistent abuse from rival video-maker Steven Crowder, who has more than 3.8 million subscribers on YouTube.
Whenever Maza publishes a video for Vox, Crowder will post his own "debunking" video, peppered with insulting language attacking Maza's sexual orientation and ethnicity.
So, last week, Maza posted a video compilation of the abuse.
In the clips, Crowder imitates Maza's accent and calls him, among other things, a "lispy queer", a "gay Vox sprite" and a "gay Mexican".
Maza asked YouTube to step in.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48525698
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