Re:YouTube can restrict PragerU because it is a private foru...
by tombert on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:43PM
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> The Youtube question has to primarily do with that they're the primary go-to for videos online that aren't related to pornography
Why draw the line at pornography? It's legal and protected speech (at least "mainstream" porn, not talking about child porn or anything like that).
It's easy to say "well obviously YouTube isn't going to host that!", but it feels if we're going to compel them to platform speech they don't like, why would it stop at porn exactly?
NOTE:
I disagreed with your point above but I actually upvoted to offset some of the downvotes. HN really should reserve downvotes for problematic stuff or spam, not just people disagreeing where to draw the line for free speech.
Why draw the line at pornography? It's legal and protected speech (at least "mainstream" porn, not talking about child porn or anything like that).
It's easy to say "well obviously YouTube isn't going to host that!", but it feels if we're going to compel them to platform speech they don't like, why would it stop at porn exactly?
NOTE:
I disagreed with your point above but I actually upvoted to offset some of the downvotes. HN really should reserve downvotes for problematic stuff or spam, not just people disagreeing where to draw the line for free speech.