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I find it worrying as well. However, I enjoy dabbling in the crazy side of youtube now and again, and there is absolutely content out there that will harm peop
by rrmm 6y ago
I find it worrying as well.
However, I enjoy dabbling in the crazy side of youtube now and again, and there is absolutely content out there that will harm people, and there seems to be an audience for it.
It seems like one of those lamentable 'this is why we can't have nice things' stories.
The line youtube is drawing seems like the wrong line. Youtube has a storied history of making dumb choices and an inscrutable system to appeal their arbitrary decisions. I'm pretty confident they will continue to mess it up.
I would like to be a free speech maximalist; it's easier since there are no tough choices to make. Unfortunately there has always been speech that is not protected (incitement/yelling fire) and we are left with the difficult task of delineating which side of the line some speech falls.
In the end that means we must always be ready to fight to keep our freedom of speech.