Fake news can't be solved with bans, only through education. Education is a long term investment though and everyone wants immediate fixes. Expect more of this nonsensical short term thinking.
YouTube bans coronavirus-related content that directly contradicts WHO advice
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#12I guess that means they will have to ban all content mentioning Taiwan?
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#13Things like this are tricky to me. YouTube is a private platform, so they can make their own decisions, but any sort of censorship is scary to me.
I honestly don't know where to stand when it comes to issues related to censoring content like this. On one hand, you can limit information we know is false, but restricting spread of information is censoring people, something that is pretty widely regarded as oppressive.
I guess all I can do is wait and see what comes of this.
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#14Things like this are tricky to me. YouTube is a private platform, so they can make their own decisions, but any sort of censorship is scary to me. I honestly don't know where to stand when it comes to issues related to censoring content like this. On one hand, you can limit information we know is false, but restricting spread of information is censoring people, something that is pretty widely regarded as oppressive.…
You shouldn't use the USD, HN, Reddit, Google or Amazon if you are trying to avoid censorship.
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#15Does that include recognizing Taiwan?
Yes.
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#16Is this the beginning of the end for YouTube? As someone who deeply hates how much fake news have been spreading in the past few years, I still find this very worrying, especially since the WHO has been very inconsistent with their messaging during this pandemic [1] and sometimes plain wrong [2]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-who/who-chie... [2] https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1217043229427761152
To be fair no major health organization has been completely consistent or completely "correct" regarding the pandemic, in fact its virtually impossible to do so as the situation develops and our understanding of the situation changes. The recent change to CDC guidelines for the general public to wear face masks is an example of reaction to new research.
That's not to say there isn't outright incorrect fake news, but in hindsight some guidelines will always seem more correct than others.
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#17Nice to see they have hired thousands of the top scientists to judge this. Unless this is just another rule that’ll be at best enforced poorly.
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#18"Mrs Wojcicki added YouTube had seen a 75% increase in demand for news from "authoritative" sources." Who ??? who in its right mind is watching youtube for an "authoritative" source ??
Maybe I'm imagining it, but I've noticed that it's difficult to find user-generated current-events content on Youtube. The search results are dominated, artificially it feels, by clips from the major broadcasters and news agencies. User-created content is pushed down. I guess that's what preferring "authoritative" sources looks like, and I wonder if people are just "choosing" ("demanding") what the search results hav…
Or if those are initially organically selected and then pushed further by the algorithm. Likely a combination of real preference + manufactured
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#19Things like this are tricky to me. YouTube is a private platform, so they can make their own decisions, but any sort of censorship is scary to me. I honestly don't know where to stand when it comes to issues related to censoring content like this. On one hand, you can limit information we know is false, but restricting spread of information is censoring people, something that is pretty widely regarded as oppressive.…
>On one hand, you can limit information we know is false, but restricting spread of information is censoring people, something that is pretty widely regarded as oppressive.
Yes. But liars, cranks and con artists should be oppressed.
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#20I don't like this. All of the question of 'Why on earth choose WHO' aside...it is dangerous and depressing precident.
I live with a number of ladies who are very familiar with plant medicine. When this whole thing started we all started taking lots of dandelion root / hawthorne tincture. Dandelion is well known to both help your lymphatic system and support respiratory issues.
Hawthorne is an amazing heart / circulatory support. There is literary NO RISK for us in applying these home grown medicines.
We've all been infected since then, and each of us had pretty mild symptoms, that lasted for relatively short amounts of time. About two to three weeks. Many many people see 30-40 days of symptoms.
It cost us nothing. The medicine was prepared at home. Who knows what using these plant medicines across a population would result in statistically? Maybe it would reduce hospitalizations by 1%, or maybe it would reduce them by 75%, we don't know because there's no money to be made in it.
YouTube is a fantastic avenue for period to share their own experiences. Yes, you must take what people say with a grain of salt. You can't just believe anything you see. I feel sad that they are censoring people from sharing their own experiences in this time where are governments and medical systems are largely failing us.