Re:YouTube permanently bans Right Wing Watch
by xmasjones on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:10PM
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I believe the popular line whenever someone is censored from social media right now is "they are private company and can do what they want"
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Re:YouTube permanently bans Right Wing Watch
by ceejayoz on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:11PM
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They can, and if/when people start claiming this move from YouTube is a First Amendment violation, that's a great counter-point.
Re:YouTube permanently bans Right Wing Watch
by HappySweeney on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:40PM
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I don't see any first amendment / free speech talk. Has it been deleted or something?
It only shows up when the bad guys get censored.
Re:YouTube permanently bans Right Wing Watch
by anoonmoose on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:39PM
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It is not hypocritical to think that something I think is bad should be removed, and something I think is not bad should not be removed.
But it is hypocritical to invoke the first amendment as a defense of private censorship when "bad" things are removed, then completely forget that defense when complaining about "good" things being removed.
Re:YouTube permanently bans Right Wing Watch
by metalliqaz on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:14PM
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yes they can, and as such should be shamed for their poor judgements
continuing from that, the public shaming may have been successful as a Washington Post reporter is tweeting that Youtube has restored RWW: https://twitter.com/GerritD/status/1409608525601443840