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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by ErikVandeWater on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @08:46AM (#17020510)
The major difference between YouTube and a recovering alcoholics group in real life is that watching a YouTube video isn't compulsory. You don't have to watch it if you don't want to. If someone monopolizes the conversation at the alcoholics group - talks over others - you can't turn off your ears, or realistically physically remove them without serious effort. On YouTube, you can easily avoid videos you don't want to watch just by reading the title.

If someone incorrectly titles their video to mislead people of the opposite view to view their content, I imagine that censoring that video is not problematic to anyone.

Finally, it is probably a good thing that if you search a particular topic on YouTube, you will presumably get videos both in the 'pro' column and the 'con' column so you do not fall into an ideological bubble.

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by ucaetano on Tuesday May 08, 2018 @09:42AM (#17020800)
You can cover your ears, and you can leave the AA and go somewhere else.

But you didn't answer my question: if you create a private forum which is open to the public, can you keep out people who don't abide by the community guidelines?

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