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AmIFirstToThink
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AmIFirstToThink
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YouTube will still judge me, even if I use Comcast cable or Verizon 4G to upload the data.
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The slow or fast lane doesn't matter, if I am going to be denied at the destination anyway.
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Sure, but it's hypocritical for Google/Facebook/Twitter/Reddit to complain about someone else judging it in future, while they are judging it today with impunity. We, as people, have same influence on current Google/
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A UN diplomat who is negotiating laws. Am I wrong?
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> 3) Yes https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/un-adopts-religious-int... How should I trust your words now?
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EFF already is: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/09/youtubes-censorship-an... Obama Administration supported banning criticism of Islam: https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/un-ado
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Cool When are you going to charge Google/Twitter/Facebook/Reddit for banning speech that they don't like on the Internet? Is Free Speech a human right according to UN? Is criticism of religion, or ideology, included in t
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AmIFirstToThink
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George Carlin on Rights vs. Privileges. https://youtu.be/gaa9iw85tW8?t=261
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Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity. It's not all lost, we still have a chance. Edit: I was serious. I really liked what you said, especially: "Human rights aren't "provided" to you. You are born with them
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Why? 1. They don't have to give good service. Most are monopolies. 2. They already do pass all costs, and all profit margins created, to customers. 3. They want higher profit margins than currently being squeezed. 4. They want more ent
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I soured up on Net Neutrality after seeking what YouTube/Facebook/Twitter/Reddit did to silence voices that they don't like on their platforms. How does net neutrality matter if what travels on a perfectly neutral net is
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Why do I have an image of "feed" as in cows being fed corn mush? In light of recent transgressions against speech on their platform, I wouldn't use the word "perfect" to describe YouTube feed.
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Privacy : You have a right to try to keep things as private as you want. You should not be prosecuted for merely trying to keep things private. Your responsibility : 1. Don't share things that you want to keep private. 2. Carefully wei
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>"toxic" being defined as a "rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable comment that is likely to make you leave a discussion." This is why who programs the AI has such influence over the value judgement. Just because AI do
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>to explain how we're really not the bad guy even though we're fine with half of us getting a raw deal. That's how this feels, wheeling and dealing. Jockeying for power. Show me the outrage over equal representation at the
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More power to them. I thank them for what they do. Thank you for taking time to reply in detail.
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Google having diversity hiring policy was what made "diversity hire" impressions among employees. Damore talking about it did not cause "diversity hire" impressions. Google shot the messenger in this case.
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>he was working against their efforts to have a more gender diverse workforce Scenario 1: Hiring policy : Best candidate for the job irrespective of race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, political affiliation.
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>They treated qualified high school girls the way schools with big highly rated athletics programs treat star high school athletes. They would identify prospects, and then put a lot of effort into convincing them they wanted to come to C
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> Instead I'm accused of being discriminatory. We are talking about this, my friend, I hold no ill will towards you nor do I accuse you of any wrongdoing. If I had said something with "you", it was about the argument on th
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>For example, you can widen the diversity of your applicant pool by reaching out to the groups you want to increase. If a company makes sure to have a booth at the major Society of Women Engineers job fairs, is that discrimination? Men a
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>What if women actually deserved 80% of the jobs, by skill and temperament? Then the 50% goal is way under reality. You are not hiring "women" as a group. You are hiring an individual to feel in a role, gender should not be loo
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>their efforts to have a more gender diverse workforce The employers are not supposed to discriminate based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation. An externally enforced gender diversity is discrimination. If a company has 100 pr
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz Go Germany!
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>So youtube should allow porn, gore, etc? It had, for ages. >Youtube also has freedom of speech. They have the freedom to filter and compile videos that they like and only show those. Sure they do. I wish they were honest about their
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YouTube decided that it will demonetize videos. They preferred to do that for some complains by some Advertisers, rather than giving Advertisers tools to avoid/select certain channels or certain topics. Very similar concept to AdWords,
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Anyone can deny any service to anyone for any reason? Are you sure you are sold on right outcome of the baker/LGBT wedding-cake case? How about a pharmacist not telling correct/all options based on their theology? How about a publ
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Why, the store that sells Nazi paraphernalia on Amazon, of course. People who sell NAZI books. Jokes aside, why does it matter that Advertisers are not choosing certain 'unpalatable' bubbles to not be associated with those channel
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I mean, why not wait till it is deemed illegal by the authorities and due process? How can you take away someone's freedom of speech? It's not like the AI has absolute idea of what is 'extremist' content, it's just
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The advertisers would find it suitable to chase a bubble e.g. greens, nationalists, globalist, feminist, religions etc. I think a good strong case can be made to advertisers that their ad will only be served to people opting into a certain
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