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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by briandear on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:14PM (#26220437)
So why bother screening any of it? So what if some nefarious content makes it through. Don’t like it, don’t watch it. Not sure why everything has to be sanitized.
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by Retric on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:35PM (#26220584)
Their actual customers, aka advertisers, want to avoid being associated with some things. It’s the same reason you don’t see Pepsi etc advertised on porn websites.
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