YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
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YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
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#2Tech giant mega-platforms dictating policy...
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#3> YouTube indicated that examples of the offending content in the video included the line: “Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.”
> It also included the quote: “Trying to shape human behavior isn’t the same as following the actual science which tells us that cloth masks don’t work.”
Regardless of what you think about YouTube's misinformation policy, I don't think this is even misinformation! Seeing platforms control the narrative to this extent is truly fascinating. I never thought it would be as overt as it is. Tech companies feeling competent to dictate truth is scary.
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#4Banning select politicians on the digital public town square is the same as making a campaign donation to other politicians, except without appropriate controls on the funding.
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#5So if Rand Paul is democratically elected and YouTube silences him, then in effect YouTube is silencing the population that elected Rand Paul.
Furthermore (I can't see the video) - if he did indeed simply quote two peer-reviewed papers is it right to suspend him?
As an exercise, which of the following statements are correct:
1. Gaiter masks will stop you from getting COVID-19
2. Surgical masks will stop you from getting COVID-19
3. KN95 masks will stop you from getting COVID-19
4. N95 masks will stop you from getting COVID-19?
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#6Tech giant mega-platforms dictating policy...
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#7What's next, like, spank them? I really don't get why YouTube is not treated like all TV stations
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#8‘masks’ is about as vague as ‘food’
There are good and bad masks, just as there is good and bad food.
A cloth mask will not protect you against an aerosol (note: am a researcher who has seen the electron microscopy images proving this), that is why N95s are mandated with no beards in any ISO work environment where you are subjected to aerosol risk.
The inability of public dialog on this nuance is just a reflection of our poor scientific education.
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#9> YouTube indicated that examples of the offending content in the video included the line: “Most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work. They don’t prevent infection.” > It also included the quote: “Trying to shape human behavior isn’t the same as following the actual science which tells us that cloth masks don’t work.” Regardless of what you think about YouTube's misinformation policy, I don't think this i…
Indeed. Tech companies now silence politicians unilaterally, while governments made up of the same politicians do nothing to stop the widespread flow of toxic misinformation on tech platforms.
So, who is really in charge?
Re: YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days
#10So if Rand Paul is democratically elected and YouTube silences him, then in effect YouTube is silencing the population that elected Rand Paul. Furthermore (I can't see the video) - if he did indeed simply quote two peer-reviewed papers is it right to suspend him? As an exercise, which of the following statements are correct: 1. Gaiter masks will stop you from getting COVID-19 2. Surgical masks will stop you from gett…
Yes. With this, they're already doing that to his constituents in Kentucky.