So the problem is some nebulous undefined possible fear of reprisal (note that I specifically excluded that above..), not the fact that a request was made in the first place.
Sorry but you don't get to extrapolate that far.
Facts:
WH asked Google to see if a video violated their ToS.
No, the problem is that the request was made by the government. If you choose to deliberately ignore vast powers that federal government has, and by which company of Google's size can be directly influenced, you are free to do so, but as I said, it just betrays ignorance, feigned or genuine. That does not change the fact that these powers exist, and the fact that these powers give every request coming from the government special weight compared to a request by ordinary citizen.
>That does not change the fact that these powers exist
And it doesn't change the fact that there is no evidence that is about to happen. Having the power to do something and doing it are two different things.
Sorry but you don't get to extrapolate that far.
Facts: WH asked Google to see if a video violated their ToS.
Google said it did not.
That's all. Anything else is conjecture.