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If YouTube's content moderation takes down government content that is being posted for responsible or generally good reasons, then why isn't that worth an artic

If YouTube's content moderation takes down government content that is being posted for responsible or generally good reasons, then why isn't that worth an article?

krapp 3y ago
Youtube's capricious moderation policies are well known, they take down content posted for responsible or generally good reasons all the time. This isn't news just because it's the LAPD. It would be news if they treated the LAPD different from anyone else posting violent content.
- inferiorhuman 3y ago
  I got this recommendation[1] right around the time Youtube decided I'd seen enough ad free videos. Whatever sympathy I had for them missing out on ad revenue evaporated. 1: https://i.imgur.com/ymOmwBy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ymOmwBy.jpg
  - RichardCA 3y ago
    The "Russian Dashcam" videos are horrific these days, basically snuff films and yes that includes children. I'm the kind of person who likes realistic war movies and the like but this is on a different level. I won't post links but they are easy to find, a simple search will surface them with no issues.
- catlover76 3y ago
  Do you think most people realize(d) that such content moderation policies resulted in government postings like this getting taken down?
  - blooalien 3y ago
    Honestly, I don't think most people realize (or care about) the massive damage these giant corporations like Google and Facebook are doing to society in general.
    - krapp 3y ago
      There's no massive damage to society being done here. Law and order and civil society in Los Angeles don't depend on the LAPD's Youtube channel. The posted article literally mentions the official website on which the content is also posted - and I guarantee most people are neither aware of, nor care about, either.
      - edgineer 3y ago
        Censorship can and has caused damage when sweeping news under the rug. I'm thinking of the initial reports of a virus Chinese state media quickly squashed.
        burnerburnito 3y ago
        I recall more than just Chinese media censoring narratives about it, narratives which they later completely changed course on once it became more politically convenient.
kccqzy 3y ago
Because nothing here is really surprising. What YouTube did in this case is both legal (search for Section 230) and in line with their TOS and historical behavior.
- Natsu 3y ago
  The posting of mostly surprising news is part of the reason why people have such skewed perceptions of how common various risks are, I don't think it's a good practice.

If YouTube's content moderation takes down government content that is being posted for responsible or generally good reasons, then why isn't that worth an article?

krapp 3y ago

Youtube's capricious moderation policies are well known, they take down content posted for responsible or generally good reasons all the time. This isn't news just because it's the LAPD. It would be news if they treated the LAPD different from anyone else posting violent content.

inferiorhuman 3y ago
I got this recommendation[1] right around the time Youtube decided I'd seen enough ad free videos. Whatever sympathy I had for them missing out on ad revenue evaporated. 1: https://i.imgur.com/ymOmwBy.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ymOmwBy.jpg
- RichardCA 3y ago
  The "Russian Dashcam" videos are horrific these days, basically snuff films and yes that includes children. I'm the kind of person who likes realistic war movies and the like but this is on a different level. I won't post links but they are easy to find, a simple search will surface them with no issues.
catlover76 3y ago
Do you think most people realize(d) that such content moderation policies resulted in government postings like this getting taken down?
- blooalien 3y ago
  Honestly, I don't think most people realize (or care about) the massive damage these giant corporations like Google and Facebook are doing to society in general.
  - krapp 3y ago
    There's no massive damage to society being done here. Law and order and civil society in Los Angeles don't depend on the LAPD's Youtube channel. The posted article literally mentions the official website on which the content is also posted - and I guarantee most people are neither aware of, nor care about, either.
    - edgineer 3y ago
      Censorship can and has caused damage when sweeping news under the rug. I'm thinking of the initial reports of a virus Chinese state media quickly squashed.
      - burnerburnito 3y ago
        I recall more than just Chinese media censoring narratives about it, narratives which they later completely changed course on once it became more politically convenient.

kccqzy 3y ago

Because nothing here is really surprising. What YouTube did in this case is both legal (search for Section 230) and in line with their TOS and historical behavior.

Natsu 3y ago
The posting of mostly surprising news is part of the reason why people have such skewed perceptions of how common various risks are, I don't think it's a good practice.