Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by daenz on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:39PM
(#20106207)
GoDaddy banned the gab.com domain name from their registrar. What's next? "No censorship. You are still free to establish your own telecommunications infrastructure and publish your extreme political views there." ?
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Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by okket on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:32PM
(#20106912)
If your political view you want to promote is so extreme that no company wants to do business with you, although they legally could and you offer good money, then, yes, probably you have to build your own TelCo or Internet or whatever.
Also note: YouTube is already a heavily moderated platform, see pornography.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anoncake on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:46PM
(#20106313)
Followed by "No censorship. You are still free to establish your extreme political views in another country."
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by dogecoinbase on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:45PM
(#20106296)
Unless otherwise regulated, yes, of course. No one should be forced to conduct business with another party.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by HBKXNCUO on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @12:50PM
(#20106366)
Do you have some good reason why we should not change the regulations so that they are "otherwise regulated"? No one is claiming they are currently breaking the law by refusing to conduct business with e.g. gab or the daily stormer or whoever else.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by anoncake on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @05:13PM
(#20109205)
"This should not be illegal because it isn't." is a surprisingly common argument.
Re:YouTube to Remove Thousands of Videos Pushing Extreme Views
by stcredzero on Wednesday June 05, 2019 @01:14PM
(#20106688)
In the US, allowing Free Speech on your property is distinct from conducting business on your property. Going by that logic, you can demonetize them, but you can't necessarily deplatform them.