Google's Video Nasties

Re:Google's Video Nasties by nl on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:19AM (#13922934)

But with the direction "being offended" has taken (i.e. someone on twitter will take offense to anything, and they feel they have a legitimate right to never feel offended) it won't be long before most content is inaccessible.

I dunno. I find Nazis, cat torture videos and pro-ISIS propaganda offensive. But you are right, clearly free speech must be protected at all costs and even made profitable, and clearly it being remove from YouTube and no longer subsidized by major brands advertising would be a huge set back for it.

Maybe people could go to NaziCatTorturers.com and pay to see it or something.

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Re:Google's Video Nasties by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:08PM (#13923517)

I'm not sure why you were downvoted, hyperbole maybe. But you raise a very valid point. People are using a "slippery slope" argument to justify supermarkets indirectly funding terrorist groups by way of sponsored propaganda videos. Advertisers should absolutely have some choice over how and where their adverts are shown.

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Re:Google's Video Nasties by Neliquat on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @12:00PM (#13923409)

Its okay, we only torture facist nazi cats. /s

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