Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according to YouTube

Re:Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according ... by handoflixue on Friday June 06, 2025 @06:29AM (#44199463)

Amazon.com currently carries the "Anarchist's Cookbook", including the Author's Footnote saying that the publication of this book is a terrible and dangerous idea. My local library also carries this book.

Is this disinformation really more dangerous than that book? Is there some reason YouTube should be more liable for user-uploaded content, versus a bookstore being liable for content they deliberately choose to carry?

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Re:Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according ... by shakna on Friday June 06, 2025 @07:01AM (#44199620)

For a time, the Cookbook was banned. However, due to most of it being common knowledge, and the rest of it being ineffectual nonsense unlikely to harm anyone, restrictions were relaxed.

In some jurisdictions, however, it does remain banned to this day. YT are liable if they broadcast the contents of the Cookbook to the UK, for example.

Which is a great example of companies acting because they'll end up liable. Which is the only point I've made.

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