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Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by Gibbon1 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @02:39AM (#27916121)
> Why are we so hell-bent on restricting speech and burning all these engineering hours trying to moderate something that cannot be moderated?

Because if you allow humans to moderate then those humans start acquiring power. Which is something FAANG companies strive to prevent at all costs.

Re:A YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech by mirkules on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:08AM (#27916279)
So instead put power in the hands of giant companies because regular people can’t be bothered to not get hot-and-bothered by reading something they don’t like? What makes these companies so morally pure?

The only way this can make sense - especially on HN - is if the people who advocate for company control of regular peoples’ lives work at these companies.