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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by noahtallen on Thursday October 15, 2020 @05:49AM (#24786733)
I think the idea is to censor untrue and dangerous ideas rather than unpopular ideas. Yes, determining that is challenging. But denying COVID, for example, is very dangerous to all of society. Thousands of people are dying because of COVID deniers.

To me, this is theoretically similar as if a massive video campaign was messaging you to drink bleach. I’m sure that sort of video is against YouTube’s terms of service — at least, I would hope that it is!

The difference is really that some lunatic could stand in Times Square and scream that we should all drink bleach. But in that public forum, no one would take them seriously, and plenty would deride them. But with a great production value, paid influencers, just the right wording and messaging, you can manipulate social networks into spreading very dangerous information and actually making people believe things that can kill them. I think that problem, gone unchecked, leads to serious consequences and it would be in the best interest of society as a whole to fix it.

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by jpttsn on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:43AM (#24787030)
> But with a great production value, paid influencers, just the right wording and messaging, you can manipulate social networks into spreading very dangerous information and actually making people believe things that can kill them.

Clearly, you’d need an arbiter that is immune to such influences. Someone who knows what’s really true and can sensor the misinformation despite its high production values. I think the interesting question is where you’d find such an oracle, and how you’d convince it to work for YouTube.

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by 72deluxe on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:52AM (#24787590)
Someone not human then I guess??
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by cheph on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:32AM (#24786971)
> I think the idea is to censor untrue and dangerous ideas rather than unpopular ideas.

I would definitely agree that if all viewpoints except mine were eliminated the world would be a better place.

Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by hef19898 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:42AM (#24787026)
I'd say this way of thinking is un-democratic, and deeply dangerous.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by cheph on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:51AM (#24787079)
Maybe it would help if I thought all viewpoint except mine were untrue and dangerous.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by hef19898 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @06:54AM (#24787109)
Quite the contrary. Because that would make the underlying idea, but not the specific legalities, of free speech completely useless for you.