The WHO directly spreads misinformation so I don't know who to trust.
YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
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#422Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's exactly the problem. All our politicians around the world were so reactionary, many knew it has a 1-2 week incubation period, but no one was willing to make an order saying "WEAR MASKS" when no one was testing positive yet. They could have gotten ahead of this thing and prevented the outbreaks. The quarantines are a last resort because PUBLIC POLICY FAILED to contain the outbreaks. WE WILL FACE THIS SITUATION…
Obviously it's good advice to wear masks in public when confronted with a respiratory disease capable of asymptomatic transmission for days after infection. The masks don't make any one person safer, but widespread usage makes us all safer. Trouble is, there weren't enough masks at first. It's not clear that there are now, for that matter. One of the few things Trump is correct about is that the WHO has bungled this…
There weren’t enough N95 masks. There were plenty of ad hoc/DIY masks.
Re: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
#423YouTubers have known for a long time that certain topics and keywords will get your videos penalized. There is a popular legal channel that refers to the virus as the "My Sharona Cyrus" in order to avoid being flagged. YouTube has been engaged in social engineering for years, and yet there are still people out there who refuse to believe it, or believe it is OK because it agrees with their world view.
Then there is a whole other discussion about how capricious they are in what they decide to promote, demote, and leave alone. You can go binge watch ISIS recruitement videos as much as you want, but try to post a video criticizing Islam, gay/trans issues, etc. See what happens.
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#424Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps because their mission is to keep the world's inhabitants healthy? Of course, they have no legal authority over you, but listening to them is generally a good idea.
I'm sure it doesn't seem like that to the citizens of Taiwan who are basically told to go fuck themselves by the WHO
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#425Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since when am I beholden to the WHO? I don't remember voting for any of them or agreeing for them to represent me in any way. They are not my elected government, why should I give the slightest fuck what they tell me to do?
I hate to be the one to have to explain this to you. A private entity is deciding what content is and is not allowed to be hosted on their private servers using their private services. This is very different from government officials that you vote for censoring free speech. Anyone who doesn't like YouTube's policies are welcome to post their content on Facebook to share with their friends, on Twitter, stream it live…
> I hate to be the one to have to explain this to you. A private entity is deciding...
YouTube is part of a gigantic, public company with more power than many world governments. In a very real sense, Alphabet is more powerful than a hypothetical Standard Oil that also owned one of the most popular two newspapers in every single city in the US.
Their ability to shape markets, public opinion and even elections in 100+ countries is unprecedented and very easy to use with plausible deniability. Facebook is a similar sort of entity. In aggregate, the two control more personal communications than the postal service.
The notion that only a government can be a threat to free speech is outdated and naive.
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#426"You"Tube. What a joke.
I've been active on YouTube since 2006. Back then I would watch and make comedy videos, but around 2008 I found a love for the political / philosophical side of YouTube. Back then there used some brilliant debates among communities, and I credit early YouTube for being a huge influence on my political views today. It helped me develop an open mind and critical thinking skills that I find immensely valuable in my life today.
But today there isn't really any interesting debates there anymore. I've noticed the algorithms push certain views on me and the creators I like who speak against the YouTube's political views get their lives made very difficult through demonetisations, channel strikes, algorithm discrimination or straight up banning.
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#427Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps because their mission is to keep the world's inhabitants healthy? Of course, they have no legal authority over you, but listening to them is generally a good idea.
I'm sure it doesn't seem like that to the citizens of Taiwan who are basically told to go fuck themselves by the WHO
I did not realize that the WHO's job is to get involved in arguments over borders.
I always thought that their job was to get involved in arguments over public health.
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#428Re: YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
#429Current WHO advice: "If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with COVID-19." [0] Where we live, due to local laws , we are now obliged to wear a mask to go shopping. Can one discuss that on YouTube, or would one be contradicting the WHO? I fear there isn't "one truth" out there, despite the content providers' and fact-checkers' attempts :( We keep trying to encourage our ki…
> "I fear there isn't "one truth" out there, despite the content providers' and fact-checkers' attempts :("
Sorry but there is always just one truth. It might be incomplete, but it's always just one.
And trusting the scientific consensus is always the best option period.
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#430Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost no one in previous history had an ability to directly target poor, uneducated masses which their own content created in their own bedroom. Also let’s be honest - the likes of Hitler actually came from the likes of people who would tell you to stop listening to WHO advice and to go start fires in 5G towers. Don’t get me wrong, freedom of speech et. al., and we’re probably also going to get burnt by the freedom…
> Also let’s be honest - the likes of Hitler actually came from the likes of people who would tell you to stop listening to WHO advice and to go start fires in 5G towers. This is not true. The rise of the Third Reich is fascinating because of its populism rooted in hard-working citizens who believed in their country.
The most well known Fascists, were not anarchists. That is accurate enough. I think going so far as to characterize Hitler's motives (as if there was a singular motive) is a bit reductive.