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What surprised me is that the move seemed preemptive. I've followed a lot of gun control coverage lately (and support gun control myself) without seeing anyone
by Buldak 9y ago
What surprised me is that the move seemed preemptive. I've followed a lot of gun control coverage lately (and support gun control myself) without seeing anyone demand that YouTube ban gun videos. Who is asking for this? Have I just not noticed?
- barry-cotter 9y agoI’d be surprised if there was anyone on Google’s board who didn’t support repealing the second amendment. Why would they need outside encouragement to ban something they hate when a plausible reason for doing so comes up?
- naasking 9y agoThe fact that you think executives make decisions based on what they hate is a little naive, I think. YouTube removing these videos is a business decision, probably for political PR based on how the winds are blowing.
- jadedhacker 9y agoThe fact that no one asked for this censorship is most worrying. It's a demonstration that unaccountable executives can reshape social discourse at a whim. At least with mob rule there has to be a mob first!
- naasking 9y agoExecutives are accountable to their shareholders and their customers. As I said, this is why they started censoring, because they know their target demographic/younger audiences' views on this topic.