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Re:YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview by ksk on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @01:30PM (#22805401)
They already have a policy to ban accounts that incite violence. (Which might have happened, the article doesn't say..)

>"Information" that's not only going to get people killed but also is factually wrong is definitely fair game IMO.

We don't want an advertising company in a capitalist society deciding that. That's the whole point.

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Re:YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview by sp332 on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @01:40PM (#22805508)
We don't want an advertising company in a capitalist society deciding that.

Everyone has the responsibility to decide that! Their platform, their responsibility.

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Re:YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview by julybuffalo on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @11:27AM (#22813746)
This is actually an extremely gray legal area. The only reason platforms are viable is because they have legal protections that don't make them responsible for user content.

At some level of "taken responsibility" (which I think should have been passed), they should be considered publishers and be stripped of their legal protections.

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Re:YouTube tightens rules after David Icke 5G interview by ksk on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @02:52PM (#22806244)
Okay? Then consider my comment as a protest.
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