YouTube takes down independent court livestreams

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Post by crocodiletears » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 7:47 PM UTC

YouTube takes down independent court livestreams
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Post by crocodiletears » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:02 PM UTC

Note: the streams in the screenshot have since been restored.

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Post by _-david-_ » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:07 PM UTC

Is it just me or does it seem like these "accidents" impact smaller and perhaps less politically authoritative channels than the big channels? I am not just talking about this incident but others as well.

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Post by politician » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:07 PM UTC

Dry run for when the verdict is announced.

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Post by dkdk8283 » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:11 PM UTC

politician wrote: post #4

Dry run for when the verdict is announced.

Sad but I think your conjecture is spot on. Platforms such as YT abuse their power regularly without batting an eye.

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Post by butmuh » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:15 PM UTC

just in time for the removal of dislikes too..

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Post by laurent92 » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:18 PM UTC

politician wrote: post #4

Dry run for when the verdict is announced.

I couldn’t imagine witnessing this in my life, not for something so obvious and in plain sight.

But is it better than 30 years ago or worse? When I hear the suicides committed upon whistleblowers in France 30 years ago, or the Ustica crash, or the Greenpeace boat bombed in NZ, are we committing more today?

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Post by BitwiseFool » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:22 PM UTC

I really want to stress that while the internet has enabled just about everyone to act as a citizen journalist, it is not the ubiquity of information that matters, but rather, the access to information. YouTube and Google wield great power when it comes to gatekeeping information. The sinister part is that plenty of people, left and right, will defend Google's ability to do this merely because they are "a private company".

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Post by blumomo » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:23 PM UTC

YouTube also just deleted the accounts of the German independent investigatory committee www.corona-ausschuss.de who are an important information source for many German citizen.

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Post by oopsyDoodl » Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 8:25 PM UTC

_-david-_ wrote: post #3

Is it just me or does it seem like these "accidents" impact smaller and perhaps less politically authoritative channels than the big channels? I am not just talking about this incident but others as well.

They own all IP, why would they be subject to automated scans?