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Youtube has always been a PUBLISHER. They have never been an OPEN PLATFORM in any real sense. They have so far managed to shirk responsibility for PUBLISHING h
by AndrewStephens 7y ago
Youtube has always been a PUBLISHER. They have never been an OPEN PLATFORM in any real sense.
They have so far managed to shirk responsibility for PUBLISHING hateful content while being amazingly on-the-ball when dealing with copyrighted material.
I am sure YouTube wouldn't put it in these terms, but from the outside it looks like every day they make the editorial decision to enforce copyrights while pushing hate speech. I am sure this makes sense financially.
- busterarm 7y agoIf they are a publisher, then I can sue them for users posting false information about me or putting me in harm's way.
- pwinnski 7y agoExcept in a legal sense, which has been the only sense that matters. If enough people get upset, things could change, but notable it is primarily the lack of censorship that is upsetting people, so it appears the status quo of YouTube being an open platform with some censorship (Section 230 style) will continue.