I got to see this first hand recently. Tesla has a rabid fan base that try to take down any negative information. Somebody posted a video on YouTube criticizing Tesla’s full self driving system and using short clips from other channels that are clearly fair use. Users spammed DMCA takedown requests and YouTube removed the video. Other users published it to Vimeo, Veoh, and a few other sites but those all got taken down as well, basically killing the video’s spread. The only ones still up are PeerTube and a split version, although I’m not sure if it would disappear if that host chooses to remove it.

It just surprised me how effective this method of censorship was and I wonder how often it happens with more important topics.

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