Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams
by thepasswordis on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:34PM
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The fact that there is a faceless algorithm which has seemingly been programmed specifically to remove content which fails to align with a specific political narrative, and that no human is in active control of this, is actually worse.
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Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams
by LordDragonfang on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:00PM
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>there is a faceless algorithm which has seemingly been programmed specifically to remove content which fails to align with a specific political narrative
Or, without having to put on a tinfoil hat, it's been trained to remove content that discusses shooting and killing people?
Or even more benignly, a lot of people reported the stream because users also have a vested interest in abusing censorship systems for political purposes, and it's not always easy to separate that kind of collective bad actorship from legitimate reports.
Re:YouTube takes down independent court livestreams
by betwixthewires on Monday November 15, 2021 @08:48PM
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> Or, without having to put on a tinfoil hat...
You don't have to attack the legitimacy of someone's position like this. Sure, it is possible that the reasons for it are what you're saying, but this personal dismissive attack is unwarranted, and frankly at this point tired and ineffective.