News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud. Parent comment

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by ehsankia on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:50PM (#25362487)
If you don't believe it's true, then explain to me how Measles, something that was more or less a solved problem, suddenly had a huge resurgence, leading to 50% increase in the number of deaths from 2016 to 2019?

While flat earthers are mostly harmless, other misinformation have real tangible cost. People are literally dying due to the anti-vaxx and anti-mask misinformation. Not blocking these videos is equivalent to having blood on your hands.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by syshum on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:03PM (#25362789)
You do realize that the largest outbreak of measles in 2019 was not because of Anti-Vax YouTube Videos or other misinformation right? It was directly linked to religious fundamentalism that barred a large group of people from getting vaccinated

So all the YT censorship in the world will not stop that unless you are going to advocate prohibition of religion as well which I feel you likely will not get as much support for

YT and online misinformation is a good scapegoat, much like Usenet was in the 1990's for people that do not understand the real, actual problem

you are not going to fix these problems by censorship

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by ehsankia on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:48PM (#25363611)
> It was directly linked to religious fundamentalism that barred a large group of people from getting vaccinated

And it just happened to be perfectly in sync with the rise of anti-vaxx content on social media? You do realize these "religious fundamentalism" with fringe ideas also use Youtube, FB and other sites to share their anti-vaxx ideas and have their own ideas re-affirmed?

[ Parent | on HN ]