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It does strike me that the free speech and capitalistic impulses of opponents of censorship are in tension with each other. If YouTube could show that hosting c
by Buldak 9y ago
It does strike me that the free speech and capitalistic impulses of opponents of censorship are in tension with each other. If YouTube could show that hosting certain gun videos would cost them $X in advertising revenue or litigation, and that their decision to ban them was only designed to avoid that loss, would that appease their critics? Or is the suggestion here that large content platforms have some obligation to uphold free speech norms at their own expense?
- ballenf 9y agoIf they held all content to the same rule, probably yes critics would be mollified. The problem here is that Google's critics feel like the exact opposite is happening. edited to add: From the article > It then posted links to YouTube videos on synthesizing meth and other illicit acts. Kind of hard to imagine that meth instructional videos are good for YT advertising revenue.