Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by leetcrew on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:58AM
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youtubers are also subject to libel (or slander?) laws. the ones with a large audience also make enough money to be worth pursuing in court. newspapers are no more liable than youtubers for merely being incorrect.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by bonaldi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:02AM
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well consider the laws mandating equality of coverage in broadcasting in some jurisdictions if you like — those apply directly to the publishers, not the content creators.
The core point is the same: the platforms want to avoid enforced regulation, so they're self-regulating in ways that free-speech proponents don't like
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by Nasrudith on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:17AM
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Funny how consequences always means bad ones, "people who say something I don't like get the stick!" and then later "I never thought I would get the stick sobs person brutalized with stick!".
Free speech is sancrosanct for a reason.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by bonaldi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:20AM
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Where do you get the idea that free speech means "freedom from consequences"? You're allowed to say offensive things, but you're not immune from (eg) getting fired for it
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by antepodius on Friday October 16, 2020 @08:04AM
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You're free to say what you want- but not from the secret police hauling you off to a gulag for it.
There's no real mechanism to hold YouTube to account for promoting and spreading this stuff, and they are naturally incentivised for that mechanism never to come about. To try and ensure it never does, they're obviously settling for this.
Want "free speech" back? Give it meaningful consequences.