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Is "ban on misinformation" really the right term? Because it seems that "hateful" misinformation gets banned (although the article doesn't even call it misinfor
by chuckee 5y ago
Is "ban on misinformation" really the right term? Because it seems that "hateful" misinformation gets banned (although the article doesn't even call it misinformation, just "hateful content"), while inclusive misinformation is allowed.
Now you could argue that censorship is only warranted on "high-stakes issues that could lead to real world harm", as the article puts it, but in this case they are two sides of the same issue, where only one gets held to the standard of truthfulness.
That's not a ban on misinformation. That's a ban on misinformation that opposes the censor's politics, while you can lie and mislead with impunity in support of those politics.
And while this is anecdotal evidence, but in practice, "hateful content" often gets banned on youtube even if it's true and with little added opinion (E.g "Look at these events that no-one is disputing happened" and not "I hate minority group X"), and the warning sent by youtube doesn't even allege misinformation, only "hate".