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> YouTube should offer an option to manually review a video _before_ it is made public They already have a system like that, but the process is pretty crappy,

> YouTube should offer an option to manually review a video _before_ it is made public They already have a system like that, but the process is pretty crappy, for the reasons you outline: - Youtube might add additional restrictions at any point without justification, so the early vetting process doesn't guarantee that the video is clear. - Youtube requires that the video be set to "Limited" and vetters don't have access to "Private" videos (I think, I don't remember the exact details) which impacts viewing statistics of the video (basically Youtube thinks nobody watched the video for a while after its release and therefore it's not worth promoting). I think "guarantee they won't restrict the video" isn't workable at Youtube's scale, but at the very least they should guarantee a proportional monetary compensation if additional restrictions are added after the fact.

nathias 4y ago
if there are clear rules (like for example existing laws) of what is allowed and what not the scale really doesn't matter
- masklinn 4y ago
  That seems very naive. YouTube reviewers are not multi-disciplinary legal experts, and even legal experts disagree. YouTube is not a spherical platform in a vacuum.
  - nathias 4y ago
    yes, I guess it is naive to expect platforms that are exempt from lawsuits specifically because they are neutral to content to behave neutral to content ...
- mcherm 4y ago
  > if there are clear rules (like for example existing laws) of what is allowed and what not the scale really doesn't matter If that were true, then mature legal systems (which have had hundreds of years if not more to reach a point of clarity) would have very little controversy except possibly around newly passed laws. But we observe the opposite. Legal systems which have been around for centuries creating tens of thousands of very-well-documented cases clarifying how these laws were applied, nevertheless find themselves constantly addressing new controversies.
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nathias 4y ago

if there are clear rules (like for example existing laws) of what is allowed and what not the scale really doesn't matter

masklinn 4y ago
That seems very naive. YouTube reviewers are not multi-disciplinary legal experts, and even legal experts disagree. YouTube is not a spherical platform in a vacuum.
- nathias 4y ago
  yes, I guess it is naive to expect platforms that are exempt from lawsuits specifically because they are neutral to content to behave neutral to content ...
mcherm 4y ago
> if there are clear rules (like for example existing laws) of what is allowed and what not the scale really doesn't matter If that were true, then mature legal systems (which have had hundreds of years if not more to reach a point of clarity) would have very little controversy except possibly around newly passed laws. But we observe the opposite. Legal systems which have been around for centuries creating tens of thousands of very-well-documented cases clarifying how these laws were applied, nevertheless find themselves constantly addressing new controversies.
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