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As far as I know, "YouTube's HQ is in California, so California laws apply across the platform" isn't a valid excuse, because [url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=632.]the California law regarding secretly recording people[/url] doesn't explicitly mention transmitting the recording.
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Neat, and sensical. Still, if I were unwittingly made to be the transmitter, I too might balk (though to be fair, if I were the transmitter I'd also be a lot more concerned about the appearance of censoring political views than YouTube apparently is, and that might affect where I draw a line).