Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anigbrowl on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:36PM
(#20106159)
By all means offer a better solution for dealing with the problem of algorithms matching viewers with extremist content.
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Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anoncake on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:44PM
(#20106286)
No algorithms matching viewers. It's not ideal, sure, but freedom of opinion is a lot more important than Youtube being easy to use.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anigbrowl on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:48PM
(#20106330)
I'm fine with freedom of opinion, but not fine with things like threats to individuals or groups.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anoncake on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:55PM
(#20106421)
If this is what "extremism" means here, I'm also fine with it in principle. But I don't trust Google to be neutral and refrain from censoring views that run counter to their interests. Removing recommendations to remove that risk would be worth it IMO.