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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by tptacek on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @03:07PM (#25363963)
We're talking about Youtube, not Google search results for Fox News. I don't find any of this persuasive. Google is also preventing me from forming my own opinions about content featuring firearms, hate speech, violent criminal organizations, sales of regulated goods, nudity, and sexual content. I'm waiting for an argument from you that would be persuasive to someone who thinks it's just fine for Google to ban porn from Youtube.
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by esja on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @03:33PM (#25364432)
I'm not trying to persuade you that your specific personal preferences for a "Safe Mode Internet" are wrong. I'm saying that just because you are personally comfortable with Google's current set of moderation choices, this does not mean that it is right or optimal for Google to start enforcing these preferences for society as a whole, particularly when it requires them to become the arbiter of truth and basic facts, while also avoiding the normal regulatory obligations associated with this. That is the slope we are on.

There is also a difference in kind between porn and this sort of speech. Different laws apply, different social norms apply, different technical options (and trade-offs) apply, and so on. I have also heard that there are many other porn hosting websites, and Google does not enjoy any sort of monopoly.

Perhaps we're talking past each other here but to put my general point a different way, and it's only relevant because Google is effectively a monopoly: If you were told you could be born into a world with a free internet, or a curated internet, but you had no influence over who would do the curation, which world would you choose?

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by tptacek on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @03:47PM (#25364673)
Google doesn't enjoy any sort of monopoly in any kind of video content. I don't think your argument is very coherent.
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by 22c on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @06:44PM (#25367211)
> We're talking about Youtube, not Google search results for Fox News.

YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine, next to Google itself. I would say it's not beyond the realms of possibility for YouTube to eventually eclipse Google.

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by mobattah on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:01PM (#25367416)
You are being trolled. The other user does not believe in their arguments. They are just saying it to waste your time.