Google defeats conservative nonprofit's YouTube censorship appeal

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google persuaded a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reject claims that YouTube illegally censors conservative content.In a 3-0 decision that could apply to platforms such as Facebook , the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle found that YouTube was not a public forum subject to First Amendment scrutiny by judges.It upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against Google and YouTube by Prager University, a conservative nonprofit run by radio talk show host Dennis..