This is really scary. People who warned of the slippery slope of censorship were definitely right.
It's not - just don't use youtube.
YouTube Is Removing Some Nootropics Channels
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#32Who is YouTube to decide what I can and can't watch?
The owners of the platform. They are not a public service nor to they have to pretend to be one.
Google, who owns Youtube, are distributors at best, and distributors who didn't come by their trade first hand.
They bought into it. They are pretenders who, for the first time in recorded history, are able to perform a massive product recall in the name of censorship without incurring backlash on a scale that would cause bankruptcy or riots.
To wish away all that context in the name of "digital" is a fool's errand.
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#33This is really scary. People who warned of the slippery slope of censorship were definitely right.
yep, but the tide is changing. my last comment on the slippery slope and youtube didn't go minus fifteen as usual, so at least the tech community around here is coming to term with the issue being real.
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#34The timing suggests that this might be related to GDPR.
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#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's a difference between "removing false/misleading videos that perpetuate a scam" and Fahrenheit 451
Depends on who gets to decide what "false/misleading" is. I'm not sure how this could be any less transparent. I personally see less than no reason to trust YouTube's judgment in these matters.
So should it be illegal to run a curated platform?
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#37This is really scary. People who warned of the slippery slope of censorship were definitely right.
There's a difference between "removing false/misleading videos that perpetuate a scam" and Fahrenheit 451
The channels in question aren't accused of containing false/misleading videos, they're accused of containing disallowed facts. Noone disputes that modafinil promotes wakefulness or that magnesium makes many sleepy.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exercise is much different from research chemicals. One difference is you don't need to buy exercise from shady sites that will eventually be shut down by the FDA.
You didn't bother to read the article, this isn't about research chemicals. And even if it was about RCs - talking about them and sharing experiences should be allowed, censorship of information only aids misuse.
Many research chemicals are sold as nootropics. We are allowed to discuss things that are related.
But not sell them, which is what YouTubers do indirectly through affiliate links.
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#39Without having watched any of this stuff, my assumption is these videos are not clear enough in disclaiming any confirmed medicinal or FDA-approved effects. If the content is tantamount to advertising on the level the supplement manufacturers are prohibited from (and careful to avoid) doing themselves, it's probably appropriate for YouTube to close down the channels. Especially if these YouTubers are somehow generati…
I bet this is close to the real issue here. All this guy's videos were hawking products from specific manufacturers.
Anyone know whether he disclosed that he was being compensated by the companies?
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#40They will not stop at nootropics, nor psychedelics; They will stop at nothing.
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