Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by myaccounthaha on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:21AM
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You didn't answer the question - Do you want someone to regulate them?
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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:31AM
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I didn't answer the question because it was a non-sequitur and it was obvious the question was being asked in bad faith to trip me up, like a cop who asks how many drinks you had after you just told him you hadn't had anything to drink.
I don't have a strong opinion on the matter. If someone were to do a good job regulating them and make the situation better I'd approve. If someone were to do a bad job and make things worse I'd disapprove.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by IgorPartola on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:58AM
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So your solution is for someone else to come up with a solution which you would find satisfactory by criteria you are unwilling to provide?
Whether regulation should stop YT from doing this is a legitimate question. Nothing else will prevent it. Observe that the government telling a private company what they must host on their platform is potentially more dangerous than the government telling a private company to take down a piece of content (neither of these are happening here but if we entertain the notion of regulating YT then these are to be considered).
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by goldenbikeshed on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:46AM
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Break up YouTube into multiple companies, each only allowed to operate in one country. Then break up YouTube US into at least 5 more companies.
Monopolies are bad, mmmkay?
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by IgorPartola on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @09:40PM
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So as a denizen of the US I won’t be able to access Canadian YouTube?
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by goldenbikeshed on Thursday September 30, 2021 @04:24AM
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That's for Canadian YouTube to decide in accordance with Canadian laws.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by IgorPartola on Thursday September 30, 2021 @09:00AM
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So you are advocating for every country to do what China is doing with their great firewall, or at least to have the ability to do so?