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That's what you get for making YT the arbiters of truth. Censorship is dumb and tyrannical. The founding fathers of the US understood this 240+ years ago.

thephyber 5y ago
YT is not “the arbiter of truth”. It has the ability to curate content on its own property just like you and I. The founding fathers mandated smallpox vaccines without discussion and a few Congress sessions later required sailors to buy health insurance and passed the Sedition Act, which is close enough to censorship. What is dumb is acting like this is a slam dunk issue. There are valuable and relevant supports on both sides of this issue. I would love to see someone unseat YT’s position as the biggest UGC video database (hopefully one that puts effort into DMCA counter-claims), but this is what the market have given us.
TrumpRapedWomen 5y ago
Humans are also really dumb and gullible and YouTube lets people monetize lies, which is a problem.
weare138 5y ago
The government isn't censoring anyone. These people can just post their video on a different site or their own site. YouTube is free. You get what you pay for. If you don't like it use a different site or just pony up some of your own money and host it yourself.
- bufferoverflow 5y ago
  That's a straw man argument. I never claimed the government did this. But if you want to be precise, one side of the government is colluding with the big tech companies.
  - weare138 5y ago
    >The founding fathers of the US understood this 240+ years ago You're the one bringing up the 'founding fathers'. This isn't a constitutional issue. You're not being censored. YouTube is a private company. If you don't like don't use it. That's how free markets work. This Nicole Malliotakis person has her own website. Nothing is stopping her from posting it there. >I never claimed the government did this >one side of the government is colluding with the big tech companies. What? Those are contradictory statements. Pick one.

thephyber 5y ago

YT is not “the arbiter of truth”. It has the ability to curate content on its own property just like you and I. The founding fathers mandated smallpox vaccines without discussion and a few Congress sessions later required sailors to buy health insurance and passed the Sedition Act, which is close enough to censorship. What is dumb is acting like this is a slam dunk issue. There are valuable and relevant supports on both sides of this issue. I would love to see someone unseat YT’s position as the biggest UGC video database (hopefully one that puts effort into DMCA counter-claims), but this is what the market have given us.

TrumpRapedWomen 5y ago

Humans are also really dumb and gullible and YouTube lets people monetize lies, which is a problem.

weare138 5y ago

The government isn't censoring anyone. These people can just post their video on a different site or their own site. YouTube is free. You get what you pay for. If you don't like it use a different site or just pony up some of your own money and host it yourself.

bufferoverflow 5y ago
That's a straw man argument. I never claimed the government did this. But if you want to be precise, one side of the government is colluding with the big tech companies.
- weare138 5y ago
  >The founding fathers of the US understood this 240+ years ago You're the one bringing up the 'founding fathers'. This isn't a constitutional issue. You're not being censored. YouTube is a private company. If you don't like don't use it. That's how free markets work. This Nicole Malliotakis person has her own website. Nothing is stopping her from posting it there. >I never claimed the government did this >one side of the government is colluding with the big tech companies. What? Those are contradictory statements. Pick one.