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The idea that YouTube recommendations are radicalizing people to the “right wing” is a myth perpetrated as a tactic to call for censorship
Many of these people make livings off of their right to free speech, yet Kevin Roose still insists that we ban them, just because he doesn’t like it?
The French Council of the Muslim Faith is suing Facebook and YouTube for not taking down the NZ shooting video fast enough
Many groups including the Islamic Association of New Zealand support the lawsuit.
Top Hats and Champagne Bar YouTube channel shut down for unspecified “hate speech” violations
This comes days after YouTube shut down two other channels for violating its “hate speech” policies without providing any examples of their supposed violations.
Facebook says more AI based censorship will be coming to the platform in the future
Facebook suggested it will start using applied experimental audio-based technology and proactive detection technology to take down content.
Fake YouTube copyright claims used to censor Tim Pool, Lauren Chen, and others
Live Nation Video network filed false copyright claims against Pool, Chen, Ready To Glare, and Omegon which suppressed their criticism of Desmond the drag kid.
YouTube has disabled some of its search filtering tools following New Zealand mass shootings
YouTube confirmed on Reddit that some of the search sorting features have been temporarily disabled as part of its efforts to better respond to, review, and remove graphic content from YouTube.
Deleting video content about violent events can often put more people in danger, EFF warns
Often, actually deleting violent content can suppress the freedom of speech and expression of those most in need of such rights.
Article 13’s main supporter Axel Voss suggests YouTube may not have the right to exist
Voss said we have to think about whether YouTube and other platforms which give people access to copyright-protected works should exist.
Twitter tests hiding like and retweet numbers in an attempt to hide negative feedback
Twitter is testing a new feature which hides likes and retweet numbers on replies in its public beta testing app Twttr. If the test are successful, this feature could be integrated into the main Twitter app.
Angry at YouTube, a man drives cross country with baseball bats to attack Google HQ
A dispute with Google over a shutdown of a YouTube channel has led to the arrest of 33-year-old Kyle Long on Sunday.
Dissenter by Gab launches an unbiased trending section to show you what’s really popular online
Dissenter, the comments section of the internet, has added a new trending section to its product which shows you the hottest posts on Dissenter by aggregating the total likes and comments for any web page on the platform.
Kara Swisher absurdly tells YouTube CEO that Ben Shapiro is a gateway to neo-Nazi content
Throughout the whole interview, everything that separates us is highlighted.