YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer for hate speech

Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer... by lliamander on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:33PM (#23683418)

I agree that both of Stefan's claims are more likely to be false. But as factual claims I think they are better dealt with by arguing against them rather than simply banning.

Of course, one can make a factual claim in bad faith in order to stoke controversy. It would be nice to limit this, but it happens so often and I don't see a principled way to prohibit them as a class.

On the other hand, I don't see how someone doesn't get banned for saying things like "Oh man it's kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men." or "#CancelWhitePeople"[1]. If we're going to ban people, those who say things like that against any demographic would be my first choice.

[1]https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45052534

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Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer... by opnitro on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:45PM (#23683555)

Parent simply asked for citations on the ideological leanings of Molyneux. I make no claims on how best to to regulate the massive multinational corporations who control what amounts to the digital commons, as I have no answer :)

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Re:YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer... by lliamander on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:50PM (#23683628)

Fair enough. One of their posts was flagged, so I wasn't able to read the full context.

And while I may have my preferences, I don't know how to best to regulate those digital platforms either.

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