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Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

SESTA/FOSTA and (probably) CLOUD act. I severely doubt this is because of politics on guns, I'm not a pro-gun enthusiast but I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns (or just the slingshot channel). Reddit and Youtube have both removed the same kind of content from their platform, this is not limited to gun enthusiasts but also includes various other content. People like Cody, who runs Cody's Lab, hav…

> I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns I like Forgotten Weapons. It has serious historical information, and I will be pissed off if Google deletes it. It seems to be that the principle behind net neutrality -- that of a common carrier -- shouldn't just apply to the ip layer, but should also sometimes apply to higher levels of the technology stack, especially when a provider has a large market shar…

I generally agree, yeah, if a provider has a large or controlling market share then they should be obligated to some form of common carrier principle beyond "they're a private company, they can do business with whoever they want".

It's simply a risk that lawmakers or the company itself begin enforcing laws outside their jurisdiction (using the company as proxy) or their personal beliefs and ethics (enforcing rules that seem nonsensical to an affected culture or country)

Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SESTA/FOSTA and (probably) CLOUD act. I severely doubt this is because of politics on guns, I'm not a pro-gun enthusiast but I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns (or just the slingshot channel). Reddit and Youtube have both removed the same kind of content from their platform, this is not limited to gun enthusiasts but also includes various other content. People like Cody, who runs Cody's Lab, hav…

> I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns I like Forgotten Weapons. It has serious historical information, and I will be pissed off if Google deletes it. It seems to be that the principle behind net neutrality -- that of a common carrier -- shouldn't just apply to the ip layer, but should also sometimes apply to higher levels of the technology stack, especially when a provider has a large market shar…

Just want to give Forgotten Weapons a plug here. There is a ton of manufacturing knowledge baked into those episodes as well as some great information on tech paths that didn't pan out that I haven't really gotten from another source.

This cultural shift just makes me feel like the old line was obscenity and the new line is appropriate for 5 year olds.

Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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Not really. There is now an independent streaming service dedicated to shooting sports: https://www.full30.com/. A lot of the youtube channels are moving there, including InRange (mentioned in the article): https://www.full30.com/channels/inrange

Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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I can't see PornHub continuing to allow these videos. It's not really in keeping with the core product, and previous stunts give the impression that they tend towards the left wing. I give it a week for them to start removing gun videos.

All we need now is "GunHub".

Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

#16
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SESTA/FOSTA and (probably) CLOUD act. I severely doubt this is because of politics on guns, I'm not a pro-gun enthusiast but I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns (or just the slingshot channel). Reddit and Youtube have both removed the same kind of content from their platform, this is not limited to gun enthusiasts but also includes various other content. People like Cody, who runs Cody's Lab, hav…

> I do enjoy videos showing safe gun care or historic guns I like Forgotten Weapons. It has serious historical information, and I will be pissed off if Google deletes it. It seems to be that the principle behind net neutrality -- that of a common carrier -- shouldn't just apply to the ip layer, but should also sometimes apply to higher levels of the technology stack, especially when a provider has a large market shar…

> I will be pissed off if Google deletes it.

They've all been cross-posted here. https://www.full30.com/channels/forgottenweapons

Re: Restricted by YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos to Pornhub

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I can't see PornHub continuing to allow these videos. It's not really in keeping with the core product, and previous stunts give the impression that they tend towards the left wing. I give it a week for them to start removing gun videos.

I'd say PornHub, and porn in general, is more liberal than left-wing, so i doubt they'll have anything against guns. Still, they could deem the content inapropriate for the site. Though, given the kind of seemingly random videos people upload there, and get aroused by, it's not at all definite.
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