YouTube to censor

[George K]

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-trump-us-election-news-12-09-20/h_a8c6508f90bc11305af3ad0f9a581911?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2020-12-09T16%3A03%3A07&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNNp

YouTube said Wednesday that it will now begin to remove new content posted to its platform that “misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.”

The company said the decision comes after enough states certified election results to determine Joe Biden as the US President-elect.

If the company is able to keep to its commitments, YouTube’s announcement could have an impact on high-profile right-wing channels and personalities, including President Trump and One America News Network, which have spread conspiracy theories suggesting that Biden’s victory is illegitimate.

“For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors. We will begin enforcing this policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come,” YouTube said in a blog post.

Thank goodness everything else that "misleads people" on YouTube will be allowed to remain.

[89th]

Slippery slope

[jon-nyc]

Yeah, it’s stupid.

[George K]

I wonder if they'll be deleting all those "life-hacks" that don't work?

[Axtremus]

https://telecoms.com/opinion/a-global-look-at-youtube-and-its-censorship-policies/

YouTube bans different content in different places, often a result of different censorship laws in the various locales where YouTube operates. Sometimes YouTube itself gets entirely banned by certain regional governments.

In the USA, it's well within YouTube's rights to ban any speech it wants (and I'm pretty sure they wrote their end user agreement that way). Just go use a different video distribution service or do the distribution yourself if YouTube bans your video.

[George K]

YouTube still has a link, from 2 years ago, indicating that it's "highly probable" that Russian interference swung the 2016 election.

Link to video

This is not meant to mislead the public?

[Jolly]

@89th said in YouTube to censor:

Slippery greased slope

FIFY.

[George K]

Will they ban Stacy Abram's videos?

[George K]

@George-K said in YouTube to censor:

Will they ban Stacy Abram's videos?

LOL: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stacey+abrams+stolen+election+

[Rainman]

Hey Ax, I forget: How is YouTube doing in mainland China?
They certainly must have millions, if not billions, of viewers.

[Axtremus]

@Rainman said in YouTube to censor:

Hey Ax, I forget: How is YouTube doing in mainland China?

YouTube is officially banned in China since 2009.

[taiwan_girl]

Ironic, but Tik Tok is also banned there. Lol

[Loki]

@taiwan_girl said in YouTube to censor:

Ironic, but Tik Tok is also banned there. Lol

Great point TG.

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