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.
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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