YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by hef19898 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @02:41AM (#24785557)

You assume that the WHO and others have to be right all the time everytime. And that they changed their minds regarding COVID-19 because of "public" pressure and not because of new insights. Both assumptions are not correct IMHO.

The CDC did bow to political authority on COVID-19 measures so. Contrary to science.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by SifJar on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:06AM (#24785724)

> You assume that the WHO and others have to be right all the time everytime.

If information is going to be censored based on what they say, they do have to be right all the time. And the point is, they aren't right all the time.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by hef19898 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @03:10AM (#24785750)

I have a hard time believing they would recommend removing content they aren't sure about.

By the way, Youtube has been banning pornography basically since day one. No outcry about that. Counterpoint, would you accept removing content about abortion and gay marriage rights? If the answer is yes, it indicates that it is not free speech you are worried about.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by luckylion on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:01AM (#24786036)

The ban on pornography isn't specific though. A comparable move would be to ban all videos covering medical information - strange but not "we're deciding what the truth is".

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by SifJar on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:50AM (#24786738)

I never said I was worried about free speech.

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