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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by heavenlyblue on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:07PM (#22962111)
Almost no one in previous history had an ability to directly target poor, uneducated masses which their own content created in their own bedroom.

Also let’s be honest - the likes of Hitler actually came from the likes of people who would tell you to stop listening to WHO advice and to go start fires in 5G towers.

Don’t get me wrong, freedom of speech et. al., and we’re probably also going to get burnt by the freedom with which today’s global platforms invent the rules - but the laws are being written now; and we’re obviously not dealing with an easy, black-and-white answer.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by calpaterson on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:14PM (#22962180)
> Almost no one in previous history had an ability to directly target poor, uneducated masses which their own content created in their own bedroom.

Yes they did - where do you think Martin Luther composed his 95 theses?

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by anigbrowl on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:46PM (#22963798)
Printing technology was the new hotness of his time. https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by MisterBastahrd on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:17PM (#22962205)
He didn't target poor, uneducated masses. He targeted the most educated people in his society, the clerics of the Catholic church.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by throwaway8879 on Thursday April 23, 2020 @10:23PM (#22963986)
He translated the new testament from Greek to German. That helped the poor more than anybody else.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by MisterBastahrd on Friday April 24, 2020 @10:59AM (#22968661)
And how many people could read his 95 Thesis in that era again?
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by frimsah on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:49PM (#22962465)
> Also let’s be honest - the likes of Hitler actually came from the likes of people who would tell you to stop listening to WHO advice and to go start fires in 5G towers.

This is not true. The rise of the Third Reich is fascinating because of its populism rooted in hard-working citizens who believed in their country.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by Supermancho on Thursday April 23, 2020 @07:41PM (#22962947)
The most well known Fascists, were not anarchists. That is accurate enough. I think going so far as to characterize Hitler's motives (as if there was a singular motive) is a bit reductive.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by xxpor on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:00PM (#22964206)
Uh what do you think the difference is now? Joe The Plumber was a stereotype for a reason.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by dang on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:29AM (#22964647)
Would you please stop posting ideological flamewar comments to HN? It's not what this site is for, we ban accounts that do it, and we've already had to ask you.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by loudlambda on Friday April 24, 2020 @12:21AM (#22964592)
That sounds a lot like editorial controls of a publisher, not a platform. That should open them up for libel. (I'm sure you know that as an American)
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by dntbnmpls on Thursday April 23, 2020 @09:45PM (#22963788)
I think we are all familiar considering your response is the de facto standard propaganda that is posted all over social media in defense of censorship.

> and the fact that you can absolutely be "censored" on a private platform.

Yes. That's the point. Otherwise, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

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