The content being taken down isn't just harmful in theory, or from the perspective of one political party. It kills people.

https://www.wired.com/story/christchurch-shooter-youtube-rad...

Of course, if YouTube (and others) actually cared about helping, they would change or remove their algorithmic feed, which is the real crux of the problem. But that hits their bottom line more than pulling down individual pieces of content does, so here we are.