Independent Journalist Sarah Westall Files Landmark Federal Lawsuit Against U.S. Government and Alphabet/Google/YouTube Alleging Coordinated Censorship, Defamation, and Viewpoint Discrimination
Washington, D.C. – March 5, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Minnesota-based independent journalist and podcast host Sarah Westall today filed a landmark federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States of America, Google LLC, YouTube LLC, and John Doe defendants.
The suit exposes a coordinated government-Big Tech campaign that suppressed her lawful speech on matters of public concern, inflicted massive economic harm, and actively amplified defamatory impersonator content portraying her as a porn star.
This is the first case in American jurisprudence to directly confront the structural bias of the 9th Circuit and hold the federal government accountable for coercing private platforms to suppress truth.
Read the full press release on my website or download the pdf: http://sarahwestall.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/press-release-westall-google-lawsuit-2026-03-04-1.pdf
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Key Highlights
Westall was caught in the exact government/Alphabet censorship scheme admitted in the September 23, 2025 King & Spalding letter to Congress
YouTube reinstated her channel twice with explicit statements that it did not violate guidelines — then removed it again under pretext
Google/YouTube knowingly elevated and monetized multiple imposter channels that hijacked her name, likeness, and content, prominently surfacing vulgar porn-related results— such as “Pornstar Confessions”—that dominated the first page of Google search results
Economic damages exceed $7 million (substantially higher when factoring in lost growth during the 2020–2021 boom)
This is the first case in American jurisprudence to preemptively challenge the structural bias of the 9th Circuit.
“Government-coerced censorship and defamation by Alphabet/Google isn’t just personal harm — it distorts our shared values to the point of threatening civilization itself. When a handful of unelected powers decide who speaks, who competes, and who exists online, it erodes the essential pillars of truth, freedom, and human dignity — no society can survive their destruction.”— Sarah Westall
Sarah Westall is an investigative journalist, systems thinker, and host of the top-ranked “Business Game Changers” podcast. A former business executive and systems engineer with degrees from the University of Minnesota, she has built multiple successful companies and advocates for free expression through her platform and the United for Free Speech initiative.
Media Contact
Stacy Sutphen (Publicist)
pthpublicity@proton.me
Jeffrey L. Greyber, Esq.
Greyber Law, PLLC
jgreyber@greyberlaw.com (mailto:jgreyber@greyberlaw.com)
(561) 702-7673
Full complaint available via court docket: Case No. 1:26-cv-00764
I'm so grateful to see this moving forward. You represent millions of silenced voices, Sarah.
Thank you for having the fortitude to see this through!!!!!
So very glad to see you did this, Sarah. I'm sending lots of prayers and good wishes for your success!! You are very brave to do this. May the Force be with you!!