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I got to see this first hand recently. Tesla has a rabid fan base that try to take down any negative information. Somebody posted a video on YouTube criticizing

I got to see this first hand recently. Tesla has a rabid fan base that try to take down any negative information. Somebody posted a video on YouTube criticizing Tesla’s full self driving system and using short clips from other channels that are clearly fair use. Users spammed DMCA takedown requests and YouTube removed the video. Other users published it to Vimeo, Veoh, and a few other sites but those all got taken down as well, basically killing the video’s spread. The only ones still up are PeerTube and a split version, although I’m not sure if it would disappear if that host chooses to remove it. It just surprised me how effective this method of censorship was and I wonder how often it happens with more important topics. Context: https://twitter.com/BS__Exposed/status/1321535914036748288?s=20 https://twitter.com/BS__Exposed/status/1321535914036748288?s... https://twitter.com/icapulet/status/1375232839415906304?s=20 https://twitter.com/icapulet/status/1375232839415906304?s=20 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/1375289872756273152?s=20 https://twitter.com/FinanceLancelot/status/13752898727562731...

sschueller 6y ago
Well, I posted a copy on my PeerTube instance and without a court order it ain't getting deleted.
- ruph123 6y ago
  Do you care to share a link then?
  - sschueller 6y ago
    https://troll.tv/videos/watch/54bc7bd0-8691-4359-aa7d-dc5148350ff3 https://troll.tv/videos/watch/54bc7bd0-8691-4359-aa7d-dc5148...
    - gabythenerd 6y ago
      Thanks for hosting it. The video is very well done and rises valid points, but it's going to be difficult for it to gain traction fighting against the rabid fanbase. Wonder what could be a solution for this type of censorship.
      - scohesc 6y ago
        Decentralization of platforms away from the larger content aggregators and towards smaller, more tight-knit, niche communities.
LinuxBender 6y ago
Have they tried just putting the video on a VPS VM and a single static web page with a synopsis of the video? Unless there are tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers, one should not even need a CDN. Happy to test this to see if things have changed. If there are tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers, there are about 35 or so decent CDN vendors out there. Some of them are quite affordable.
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sschueller 6y ago

Well, I posted a copy on my PeerTube instance and without a court order it ain't getting deleted.

ruph123 6y ago
Do you care to share a link then?
- sschueller 6y ago
  https://troll.tv/videos/watch/54bc7bd0-8691-4359-aa7d-dc5148350ff3 https://troll.tv/videos/watch/54bc7bd0-8691-4359-aa7d-dc5148...
  - gabythenerd 6y ago
    Thanks for hosting it. The video is very well done and rises valid points, but it's going to be difficult for it to gain traction fighting against the rabid fanbase. Wonder what could be a solution for this type of censorship.
    - scohesc 6y ago
      Decentralization of platforms away from the larger content aggregators and towards smaller, more tight-knit, niche communities.

LinuxBender 6y ago

Have they tried just putting the video on a VPS VM and a single static web page with a synopsis of the video? Unless there are tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers, one should not even need a CDN. Happy to test this to see if things have changed. If there are tens of thousands of simultaneous viewers, there are about 35 or so decent CDN vendors out there. Some of them are quite affordable.

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