YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by brigandish on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:02AM (#24786052)

Is/was there less misinformation among a population living under strong censorship? We have several examples to choose from, and I'd wager there's more, at any point in history compared to freer societies.

> Anecdotally, it seems that the more the internet has expanded our ability to communicate, the more widespread misinformation has gotten.

I completely agree, but why should we assume falsehoods and truth travel at the same rate? History would suggest otherwise.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by gitrog on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:38AM (#24786244)

No one here is advocating strong censorship though, and there is a massive chasm between banning specific topics during a pandemic and having generally strong censorship.

This slippery slope is fallacious.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by read_if_gay_ on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:58AM (#24786392)

You're declaring the opposite, but for a proponent of the slippery slope argument this would be a perfect example of going down the slippery slope. First came banning hate speech, now comes COVID, what's next?

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by brigandish on Thursday October 15, 2020 @04:57AM (#24786383)

I wasn't making a slippery slope argument, I'm answering to whether there is more or less misinformation under a freer or a less free society. The easiest and best place to start is always going to be at the more extreme ends of something.

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