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It should be a criminal act to ban someone from your platform without pointing exactly to why they were banned. "Oh but we can't expose details of our ban proce
by LocalH 6y ago
It should be a criminal act to ban someone from your platform without pointing exactly to why they were banned. "Oh but we can't expose details of our ban process for people to game" Bullshit. They just don't want to have to answer to anyone for cutting them off.
- jfoster 6y ago> "Oh but we can't expose details of our ban process for people to game" Bullshit. Exactly. If that were the reason, they should also make the rules of the platform secret, since making the rules public will result in people "gaming" (aka "acting in accordance with") them.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoGDPR contains automated decisionmaking rules: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/ https://gdpr-info.eu/art-22-gdpr/
- perryizgr8 6y agoWhy? YouTube has no obligation to host anyone's videos. If these chess channels don't like it they can make their own YouTube.
- ttraub 6y agoSo, create your own platform, like Parler tried to do?
- Bakary 6y agoIf YouTube doesn't like (still hypothetical) laws that regulate it, it can always look to other markets
- LocalH 6y agoAnd business owners should have no obligation to provide fair access to their services, right? They should be able to refuse service for any reason?
- aksss 6y agoI wouldn’t go so far as to say criminal offense, but when your platform is a monopoly, maybe additional regs would be required. I still think in old-school Internet or even BBS terms - if I run the forum, I can boot you. But that’s where there was a marketplace of forums.