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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by jcranmer on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:27PM (#25363229)
The election occurred over a month ago. The counting of votes was complete enough 4 days later that any violations subsequent to then could not have changed the outcome. The relief sought--to prevent the results from being certified--would have been impossible to grant two weeks ago.

At this point, any case being filed now over the results of the election is doomed to fail either by the doctrine of laches (you should have filed it sooner) or inability to grant relief, and that's even without considering any other possible failings it may have (including merit!).

While the courts will operate under the assumption that a case is meritorious until proven otherwise, there is no reason for the court of public opinion to operate under the same assumption, especially when there is clear precedent and established case history demonstrating why the case must be dismissed that the filing makes no attempt to address.

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by esja on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @02:42PM (#25363498)
I don't think "the court of public opinion" is a high enough standard for a prospective world-wide monopolistic censor of information. Such an authority needs to be completely rigorous, completely fair, completely objective, completely informed, and so on. Google cannot meet that bar.

By your standard, Semmelweis would have been censored as "misinformation". Ditto Galileo and the rest.

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by HideousKojima on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:29PM (#25367012)
Or for an even more recent example, the scientific community largely rejected plate tectonics initially
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by UncleMeat on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:49PM (#25369444)
And was that borne out in the public square or in scientific journals and conferences? There are reasonable arenas for this material. In this case, that arena is the courts.