YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels

Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by joew42k on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:21PM (#16962493)

Websites have always been allowed to decide which facts to allow on their site. Right now, if I visited an anti-vaxxer forum, and posted "vaccines don't cause autism" in the comments, I'm sure it would be removed.

So why is youtube any different?

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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by wnoise on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:54PM (#16962777)

"Works just like an antivax website" is not a glowing endorsement of either youtube or the rules under which it is working.

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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by JamesBarney on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:49PM (#16962741)

Because youtube has a de-facto monopoly on online video viewing.

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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by kristofferR on Monday April 30, 2018 @05:44PM (#16962715)

Of course YouTube have a right to remove every pro vaccination video from their site, I'm not disputing that. I'm just saying that they shouldn't.

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Re:YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels by joew42k on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @09:54AM (#16967025)

I agree with you. They shouldn't. I'm playing devils advocate to make a point. You can't expect websites to treat all opinions as equal. Even 4chan has moderators.

Youtube only differs from other websites in scale. They are moderating content as we see fit. We can disagree with their reasoning behind moderation. But it's silly to act like they didn't have this right all along

(And that's what I see in this comment section. Comments like "why should youtube say what I can and can't watch?" I'm pointing out that those arguments are a dead end.)

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