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Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I believe a website should be able to choose what videos it hosts. If it wants to host anything legal, liveleak-style - then th

• gentleman11 5y ago
  It’s not a website, it’s almost every video on the internet and competitors can’t exist because of network effects
  • eli 5y ago
    Sounds like an antitrust problem not a content policy problem
    • AdrianB1 5y ago
      Yes, you are right, but until the antitrust problem is solved, it is a content policy problem.
• CountDrewku 5y ago
  That's fine until a business monopolizes the entire industry and starts working in collusion with other tech companies to remove content they deem inappropriate.
• rocqua 5y ago
  This would work so much better in a federated model. One where there are multiple mutually compatible YouTube providers. If your current provider has a weird content policy, then you move. If all providers have a policy you don't like, then either you start your own, or you happen to be at the fringe of society. People so far at the fringe that they cannot gather momentum (especially on the internet) are either clearly wrong, or illegal. The second option still gives avenues for censorship. But hopefully democratic principles keep that under control.
• FabHK 5y ago
  It should still stick to the contract it has made with its users (ToS). So just say that you reserve that right upfront.
  • yreg 5y ago
    Is that not the case?
• C19is20 5y ago
  *'Old liveleak-style. The current version is somewhat of a joke.