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https://variety.com/2021/music/news/youtube-will-not-ban-yg-video-anti-asian-lyrics-1234940815/ https://variety.com/2021/music/news/youtube-will-not-ban-yg-...

https://variety.com/2021/music/news/youtube-will-not-ban-yg-video-anti-asian-lyrics-1234940815/ https://variety.com/2021/music/news/youtube-will-not-ban-yg-... When songs promote robbing Asian people YouTube says “ In a memo to staff explaining the rationale for not barring the YG video, management wrote: “We’ll start by saying we find this video to be highly offensive and understand it is painful for many to watch, including many in Trust & Safety and especially given the ongoing violence against the Asian community. One of the biggest challenges of working in Trust & Safety is that sometimes we have to leave up content we disagree with or find offensive… Sometimes videos that otherwise violate our policies are allowed to stay up if they have Educational, Documentary, Scientific or Artistic context… “In this case, this video receives an EDSA exception as a musical performance,” YouTube’s memo to staffers continued. “While EDSA is not a free pass for any content, there are likely thousands of music videos that would otherwise violate policies including Sex & Nudity, Violent or Graphic Content and Hate Speech were it not for these sorts of EDSA exceptions. As a result, removing this video would have far-reaching implications for other musical content containing similarly violent or offensive lyrics, in genres ranging from rap to rock. While we debated this decision at length amongst our policy experts, we made the difficult decision to leave the video up to enforce our policy consistently and avoid setting a precedent that may lead to us having to remove a lot of other music on YouTube.”

jquery 5y ago
YouTube doesn’t censor enough? I agree.
nathanaldensr 5y ago
Ah, so what's good for the goose is actually not good for the gander. Interesting...
nullc 5y ago
Assaulting Asian people isn't incompatible with an explicit whitehouse policy initiative and in that example the artist wasn't wearing an "impeach biden" shirt. Edit: People keep responding to this comment claiming that the video didn't feature an impeach biden shirt, then deleting their comments when they realized what they saw was a video using the same name exploiting the fact that the real video is hidden. :) If you feel the urge to make that reply, instead just update this counter instead:
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bitwize 5y ago
YouTube has a very clear policy that only one opinion on COVID-19 is allowed on their platform. They are enforcing that policy.
- ResearchCode 5y ago
  And govt. totally didn't push for that exceptional "policy", it arose from the first principles of free market competition. Any apparent similarity to moderation on Weibo, TikTok or Bilibili is purely coincidental.
  - md8z 5y ago
    Sure, why not? Would it be suspicious if you and your neighbor both shared the same local doctor and got similar medical advice?
    - opinion-is-bad 5y ago
      Doctors are expected to give medical advice while the US government is banned from policing speech. The analogy is fundamentally flawed.
      - md8z 5y ago
        I don't understand why you're mentioning the US government or policing speech, this article (and my analogy) is about youtube taking a video down. I think you may have misunderstood the analogy.
- stop_asian_hate 5y ago
  And it's bizarre to have that policy while allowing far more hateful material against Asians on their platform.
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jquery 5y ago

YouTube doesn’t censor enough? I agree.

nathanaldensr 5y ago

Ah, so what's good for the goose is actually not good for the gander. Interesting...

nullc 5y ago

Assaulting Asian people isn't incompatible with an explicit whitehouse policy initiative and in that example the artist wasn't wearing an "impeach biden" shirt. Edit: People keep responding to this comment claiming that the video didn't feature an impeach biden shirt, then deleting their comments when they realized what they saw was a video using the same name exploiting the fact that the real video is hidden. :) If you feel the urge to make that reply, instead just update this counter instead:

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bitwize 5y ago

YouTube has a very clear policy that only one opinion on COVID-19 is allowed on their platform. They are enforcing that policy.

ResearchCode 5y ago
And govt. totally didn't push for that exceptional "policy", it arose from the first principles of free market competition. Any apparent similarity to moderation on Weibo, TikTok or Bilibili is purely coincidental.
- md8z 5y ago
  Sure, why not? Would it be suspicious if you and your neighbor both shared the same local doctor and got similar medical advice?
  - opinion-is-bad 5y ago
    Doctors are expected to give medical advice while the US government is banned from policing speech. The analogy is fundamentally flawed.
    - md8z 5y ago
      I don't understand why you're mentioning the US government or policing speech, this article (and my analogy) is about youtube taking a video down. I think you may have misunderstood the analogy.
stop_asian_hate 5y ago
And it's bizarre to have that policy while allowing far more hateful material against Asians on their platform.

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