YouTube approves ad by Belarusian gov with journalist from hijackd Ryanair plane

Re:YouTube approves ad by Belarusian gov with journalist fro... by uh_uh on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:20PM (#27284567)

I'm not saying that YouTube employees are not aware of the kidnapping, most of them probably are.

I'm saying that most of them — including those who can do something about it — are probably not aware that this ad got through their approval system. If you think this is not the case, you underestimate how inefficiently information travels in large organisations.

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Re:YouTube approves ad by Belarusian gov with journalist fro... by smsm42 on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:01AM (#27286910)

I think their filtering system by now is powerful enough to catch anything they want. And it's not some anonymous account as I understand that uploaded it in the dark hour of the night under the guise of unpacking video - they knew who the canal belongs to, and they took money from them. They knew, or they should have known and willfully ignored it - which bears the same responsibility.

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