Mealey's (December 6, 2022, 2:47 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A California appellate court on Dec. 5 affirmed the dismissal of a conservative group’s lawsuit accusing Google LLC and YouTube LLC of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and the California constitution by demonetizing and reducing audience exposure on YouTube to its videos based on its political leanings, finding Google’s activities protected under its immunity as a “publisher.”...