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Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by bcheung on Monday July 08, 2019 @08:13PM (#20387919)
This makes sense to me. The question to me is should platforms like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc be subject to common carrier laws / net neutrality laws? The Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that hate speech is protected as free speech.

"Hate" is also very subjective as well. If it is controversial even in the slightest, then someone, somewhere, is going to be offended and think it is hateful.

Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by t34543 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @12:12AM (#20388966)
I think offending people is really important to the development of society. Opposing viewpoints are really important to fostering discussion and stimulating minds. Universities must be the bastion of this: free speech must come before all else. Uni is a purpose built institution to grow minds.
Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by bcheung on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:23PM (#20394289)
It also strengthens the ability of people to get along despite having opposing views and philosophies.

When you insulate people and teach them to be offended at the slightest "micro" aggression, then people become intolerant and unable to function in normal society without being "triggered".

Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by peterlk on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @01:17AM (#20389194)
I don't buy this argument. There are known psychological effects which mute interesting discussion and promote division and extremism. Regulating algorithms that amplify these effects seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do to me.
Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by stcredzero on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @11:22AM (#20392652)
There are known psychological effects which mute interesting discussion and promote division and extremism.

As in putting content creators into a state of fear and uncertainty?

Regulating algorithms that amplify these effects seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do to me.

What users of these sites have found, is that the companies are regulating algorithms in order to amplify these effects: namely to discourage certain political advocacy and encourage others.

YouTube, by their own words, operates at "entire Internet scale." Having a single megacorp decide for everyone how to "regulate algorithms that amplify these effects" is too much concentration of power! Who knows? Maybe such megacorps would abide by "Don't be Evil" one day, then turn around and have to abandon such a motto later?

Re:The Fight for the Future of YouTube by t34543 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @10:24AM (#20392022)
Censorship also promotes division and extremism.