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Major television news media have been globally banned from YouTube due to war. Free debate on covid-19 and the vaccines were suppressed and banned on YouTube.

Major television news media have been globally banned from YouTube due to war. Free debate on covid-19 and the vaccines were suppressed and banned on YouTube. Maybe still is, I don't follow that. Those are probably the biggest censorship issues with YouTube. And more are probably to come, as the world spins around.

rewgs 2y ago
Ah yes, YouTube, famously devoid of Covid-19 misinformation.
- carlosjobim 2y ago
  Are you denying that YouTube implemented censorship for Covid-related videos? They were very open about it: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322
carlosjobim 2y ago
The down votes are kind of telling. There exists no censorship and anybody who says anything to the contrary has to be censored? If people don't like the answer, they should probably not ask the question. Now you know why everybody loves the great leader. Because they make sure that the people who don't love him shut up. I was born in a place where everybody agrees with everybody else on every issue, because if you don't agree in every detail you are shunned and shamed as a heretic or suspected enemy spy. Then you cannot have open discussion of anything except of discussing how much you hate people who don't think like you.
jhanschoo 2y ago
Can you give specific links to incidents and reporting on them?
- carlosjobim 2y ago
  The government-aligned media channel Russia Today is globally banned on YouTube. As for Covid videos, it is official YouTube policy: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322
  - jhanschoo 2y ago
    I quite agree with the YouTube policy with respect to health. Where it comes to health, I don't think that the layperson without the equipment and education to provide an opinion based in evidence should have a voice. I will agree with you that the ban on RT comes selectively. The cited reason is that RT trivialized the Ukraine invasion, but the same criticism can be levied against the many news outlets that trivialize the Gaza genocide.

rewgs 2y ago

Ah yes, YouTube, famously devoid of Covid-19 misinformation.

carlosjobim 2y ago
Are you denying that YouTube implemented censorship for Covid-related videos? They were very open about it: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322

carlosjobim 2y ago

The down votes are kind of telling. There exists no censorship and anybody who says anything to the contrary has to be censored? If people don't like the answer, they should probably not ask the question. Now you know why everybody loves the great leader. Because they make sure that the people who don't love him shut up. I was born in a place where everybody agrees with everybody else on every issue, because if you don't agree in every detail you are shunned and shamed as a heretic or suspected enemy spy. Then you cannot have open discussion of anything except of discussing how much you hate people who don't think like you.

jhanschoo 2y ago

Can you give specific links to incidents and reporting on them?

carlosjobim 2y ago
The government-aligned media channel Russia Today is globally banned on YouTube. As for Covid videos, it is official YouTube policy: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/13813322
- jhanschoo 2y ago
  I quite agree with the YouTube policy with respect to health. Where it comes to health, I don't think that the layperson without the equipment and education to provide an opinion based in evidence should have a voice. I will agree with you that the ban on RT comes selectively. The cited reason is that RT trivialized the Ukraine invasion, but the same criticism can be levied against the many news outlets that trivialize the Gaza genocide.