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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by didibus on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:55PM (#27837656)
Isn't "political pressure" here really means "user pressure" ?

My understanding is that users of YouTube pressure YouTube to censor some things, YouTube wants to appeal to its user base, because customers are important for profit.

Now Germany says that maybe in their position censoring things for profit is not legal or something like that and fines them.

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Re:Germany fines YouTube for removing video of anti-lockdown... by anm89 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:57PM (#27837675)
Valid point. Just pressure in general is probably more accurate. Once you bow to user pressure, you still open yourself up to political pressure. The political pressure probably comes masqueraded as user pressure anyway.
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