YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by x86_64Ubuntu on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:48PM (#25365693)

So you're whining that you can't make Youtube host your conspiracy theories for free? And that you can't ride of the back of their massive CDN infrastructure? Your biggest issue is that you are being excluded from someone else's assets and that you can't reach as many people through other alternatives at the same price point.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by andrewzah on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @08:08PM (#25368145)

I don't believe I'm "whining" about anything.

"host your conspiracy theories"

I don't even watch anything political on youtube. I use youtube for music and learning about hobbies.

I still think it's worth talking about the precedent that youtube is setting here, and it's not productive to be combative about it. Of course youtube can censor or remove whatever it wants.

My main point, anyway, was that I dislike the "just use a different platform/site/company" argument, for the reasons I outlined above. Not because I think youtube -has- to host any sort of content, nor did I ever state that.

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