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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by knzhou on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:08PM (#22964241)
The central kind of thing that this ban is meant to prevent is people posting on Youtube to drink bleach as a COVID cure and laughing over the ensuing deaths. We've disapproved of that kind of speech for centuries -- this slope isn't nearly as slippery as you think it is.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by holler on Friday April 24, 2020 @02:14AM (#22965189)
Why not just base it on US law? It’s illegal to get someone to kill themselves, but not to preach exceptional philosophies. In the real world, the best way to refute a quack idea is with facts and a strong argument.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly co... by eloff on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:35PM (#22964374)
It starts with things that everybody agrees to be reasonable. But where does it end? Who makes Google god to decide?

It is a slippery slope.

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