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YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

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Re: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

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Techno-fascism rears its ugly head once more. These mRNA shots aren't flawless medications with zero side effects. People are getting strokes. People are getting heart inflammation. It's not even working against new variants. The emperor really doesn't have clothes. I've had dozens of vaccines in my life. The Covid vaccine might be the worst-performing vaccine of all time as far as effectiveness goes. You need 3 booster shots apparently in less than 9 months and you'll probably still get Covid. But meanwhile lets throw out all human rights that hundreds of millions died for and many more suffered for.

The reason freedom of speech is a must in a free society is that speaking is the same as thinking. Who watches the watchmen? There is no amount of "misinformation" that could ever hold a candle to the absolute evil that has been perpetrated throughout history by outlawing or banning or shunning free speech.

Re: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

#44
post #6

A global conglomerate seeking to carry out an agenda and censoring dissenting opinions, credible and conspiracy alike? Color me surprised.

Dissenting opinions that objectively and literally get people killed.

Allowing this garbage to be spread has been massively, incredibly negligent and reckless, and has caused many, many avoidable deaths.

Re: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

#45
post #40

Time for repeat showing of the free speech debate we’ve already had a dozen times, whoopee! As ever, IMO, the problem isn’t the hosting or the banning, it’s the algorithms. I don’t care whether YouTube hosts anti-vaccine activists, I care that they actively promote anti-vaccine content to users simply because it’s proven to get clicks and earn them money. Bans like this look incredibly stupid when you realise YouTube…

Admitting change to the algo inherently admits fault, so good luck waiting for that. Counsel will never allow it.

Re: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

#49
post #18

Who will check the fact checkers?

It's the top scientists in the world vs Sheryl from South Carolina. The research and testing these professionals do will be good for fact checking.

Aren't top scientists in Wuhan the ones who probably got us into this mess?

Re: YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content

#50
Someone want to throw out there a better way to combat disinformation than just armchair criticizing their decision? I almost feel like people are siding with the anti-vaxxers out of "principle".

Just a no win situation. It's too easy for bad characters to screw up an entire system with little effort (look at trolls, spammers, etc). Either you moderate everyone and slippery slope down into censorship where the tools used to police are used on good actors, or you do nothing and watch the bad actors poison your entire ecosystem.

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