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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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Post by roenxi »

jjice wrote: post #17
roenxi wrote: post #12

> Misinformation researchers have for years said the popularity of anti-vaccine content on YouTube was contributing to growing skepticism of lifesaving vaccines in the United States and around the world. Vaccination rates have slowed and about 56 percent of the U.S. population has had two shots... I assume 20% of the US population can't take the vaccine or something, maybe because they are kids. That suggests YouTube…

> I assume 20% of the US population can't take the vaccine or something, because they are kids. That suggests YouTube is coming out as a political opponent of ~25% of their customer base. This is an unwise course of action. Are you counting those children as political opponents? I don't think they have a political interest because they can't get it due to regulation yet, and they're also children.

55% vacced + 20% kids + 25% likely politically opposed ~= 100%.

Plus some will have gotten the vaccine despite political opposition to the mandates. Being vaccinated is a good idea in a pandemic.

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Post by vibrato2 »

pyronik19 wrote: post #5

Trust the science...or else.

And by science we mean the profitable stuff. Like the most profitable pharma therapies ever offered.

Remember when they discontinued the control groups? I thought Randomized controlled trials were the gold standard for science

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Post by mc32 »

jjice wrote: post #17
roenxi wrote: post #12

> Misinformation researchers have for years said the popularity of anti-vaccine content on YouTube was contributing to growing skepticism of lifesaving vaccines in the United States and around the world. Vaccination rates have slowed and about 56 percent of the U.S. population has had two shots... I assume 20% of the US population can't take the vaccine or something, maybe because they are kids. That suggests YouTube…

> I assume 20% of the US population can't take the vaccine or something, because they are kids. That suggests YouTube is coming out as a political opponent of ~25% of their customer base. This is an unwise course of action. Are you counting those children as political opponents? I don't think they have a political interest because they can't get it due to regulation yet, and they're also children.

I think poster is discounting children altogether as they are outside the scope therefore you’re left with an actual 25%.

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Post by [deleted] »

literallyaduck wrote: post #11

First they came for the Republicans, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Republican. Then they came for the antivaxers, and I did not speak out— Because I was not an antivaxer. Then they came for the antimaskers, and I did not speak out— Because I was not an antimasker. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. — adapted from Martin Niemöller

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Post by EL_Loco »

rflec028 wrote: post #6

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

Anti-vaccine activists, or any activists for that matter, are completely free to post their videos anywhere else they want. Hell, they can even set up their own video site, and publish thousands, millions, tens of millions of videos championing their cause. Why does a private company has to feature every agenda, every viewpoint, even ones they deem to be extremely harmful to society? Just because they got big enought to be global? If I set up my own youtube-like website, and I only have one thousand visits a day, will anyone argue that I'm obliged to show stuff I don't want? Is anyone saying the same thing about Vimeo? Youtube doesn't have to show isis beheadings, why should it be forced to show unscientific propaganda? If there were a movement claiming the polio and smallpox vaccines destroyed our immune systems, and we should re-introduce these diseases to the public at large so we could develop our natural defenses, should Youtube be force to publish their videos? I'm sorry, but what you're saying is not censorship.

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Post by IgorPartola »

rflec028 wrote: post #6

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

It’s a private company, are they not?

There is nothing credible about anti-vax. Not a single thing.

Opinions of the uninformed are worthless. I have yet to speak with a single anti vaxxer who did research and not “research” on the subject (that is did clinical trials or even is able to read an abstract of one). I will repeat it again: if anyone ever finds an actual problem with a vaccine safety study I will personally drop everything and go help them get this information in front of the FDA, the CDC, and the media. Not a single person has taken me up on this offer yet.

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Post by elliekelly »

lmilcin wrote: post #15

"Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction. The right to freedom of expression has been recognized as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law by the United Nations." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https…

What about YouTube’s right to freedom of expression?
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