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To me, this action says "We have chosen not to publish material, that is based on indisputably false premises, that may harm viewers and the public at large."
by asteli 8y ago
To me, this action says "We have chosen not to publish material, that is based on indisputably false premises, that may harm viewers and the public at large."
That sounds like an acceptable line to me.
- chrismcb 8y agoBut is that true? Did they remove all videos based on false premises? And how did they decide the premise was false?
- melling 8y agoThe one movie looks like it was 4.5 stars out of 5, with 3900 people rating it. It has more reviews than the Matrix.
- lugg 8y agoSex sells. This is why the whole popular vote thing doesn't really work for stuff like this. Humans are way too easily biased.
- throwawaymath 8y agoThey need not decide the premise is false; they can rely on scientific consensus. It's not a perfect heuristic but it's the most useful one we have. If they're transparent about the sources they use and they're impartial and consistent in their application (read: no videos given special treatment), they're not arbitrating. They're (actively) reporting.
- pbreit 8y agoArguable that sugar is more harmful than a video.
- throwawaymath 8y agoIt sure is! Tell you what, I'm all on board for a massive awareness campaign by Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Netflix on the dangers of sugar intake as well.
- lugg 8y agoThat's like the tobacco industry advertising the dangers of skin cancer. Sure, good, I guess, but I'm left very confused.
- amerkhalid 8y agoAgreed, there is just too much junk out there. There should be some sort of editorial control especially when it is a paid service. I personally expect Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video to provide some sort of filtering. YouTube, on other hand, I don't expect any editorial control there and also for same reasons, I will never let my kid to access it alone.
- jjeaff 8y agoWhile I believe anti vaxxers are wrong, there are very few things in the medical field that are "indesputible". Plus, this isn't just a black and white issue. What if a specific vaccine is released some day that turns out to be harmful? Harmful drugs frequently make it passed FDA approval only to be recalled later. If one of them happens to be a specific vaccine, are we going to be censoring any and all media that tries to sound the alarm?
- asteli 8y ago"Occasionally vaccine manufacturers screw up and a drug is recalled" is pretty far from the Anti-Vaxx line.
- jjeaff 8y agoBut the anti-anti-vax line is "everyone should be required to get all immunizations under penalty of law".
- lugg 8y agoThis possibility is why we need to snub it out, so that we can have these conversations without someone jumping to protect your kids don't Vax today.
- pbreit 8y agoThe material itself obviously can’t hurt anyone. I think it went more like this: “We received a request from a US congressman this morning and followed it.” Even worse than I imagined.