YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site

Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by umvi on Friday January 04, 2019 @11:24AM (#18825173)

I wasn't really thinking of race when I considered Vietnam as a red flag, though I suppose it could be taken that way.

In America I generally trust that the FBI will have no mercy when cracking down on human trafficking. I also trust that the vast majority of sex workers are legit, consenting people who consciously chose to do it.

I don't know much about Vietnam, but I am guessing police/FBI-esque corruption is much higher than America/Europe which is why I would also guess that this accounts for the larger percentage of sex workers there that are trafficked.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by docker_up on Friday January 04, 2019 @12:30PM (#18825834)

Your entire explanation is exactly what unconscious bias is. You look at Asians as "others" without knowing anything about their situation, automatically assume that the corruption is worse in Asian countries than "white" countries, even though there is immense amount of force prostitution and human trafficking in the US and Europe. I'm not attacking you but just pointing out that this is truly the definition of unconscious bias.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by neetdeth on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:07PM (#18826188)

According to the Corruption Perceptions Index, at least, GP is exactly correct. Maybe it’s not unconscious bias so much as a general awareness of world affairs?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:YouTube Stars Are Pushing a Shady Gambling Site by earenndil on Friday January 04, 2019 @02:39PM (#18827025)

Prostitution is much more prevalent in vietnam than in the us. So I'm inclined to think there's a chance this could be a 'legit' operation.

[ Parent | on HN ]