> having a private company control what information people are allowed to see & hear is also dangerous. YouTube has the right to do this as a private company, b

> having a private company control what information people are allowed to see & hear is also dangerous. YouTube has the right to do this as a private company, but it's also a dangerous precedent. Before YouTube, media was controlled by television channels, private companies who decided what they wanted to show. Before TV, media was controlled by radio broadcasters, private companies who decided what they wanted to air. And before that was print media, private companies who decide what is published. So that ship has sailed. In fact it has been the norm for 99% of history. You can argue over whether we want to go back but you can't say this is some slippery slope to a dangerous future; that danger has arrived, and if anything it seems to be fuelled by the hyperdemocratisation of media.