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Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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YouTube staff is a gang of bullies, and they are pushing our country toward civil war. “The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the First one doesn’t work out.” - Dave Chappelle

So who's going to start the mass shootings based on lies? Isn't that the conclusion of the Christchurch report the other day?

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

#72

Regardless of what you believe to be 'The Truth', has suppression or censorship ever worked to quench dissonance or convince skeptical people, again, whether right or wrong, that there really is 'nothing to see here'.

Yes, it has, to a degree. C.f. Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, etc. (These voices became much less prominent after their deplatforming.) There's also a deontological argument to be made for banning dangerous falsehoods on one's platform.

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

#73

Regardless of what you believe to be 'The Truth', has suppression or censorship ever worked to quench dissonance or convince skeptical people, again, whether right or wrong, that there really is 'nothing to see here'.

People only believe there is "something" because they've been lied to.

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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post #65

YouTube staff is a gang of bullies, and they are pushing our country toward civil war. “The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the First one doesn’t work out.” - Dave Chappelle

Agreed.

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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Regardless of what you believe to be 'The Truth', has suppression or censorship ever worked to quench dissonance or convince skeptical people, again, whether right or wrong, that there really is 'nothing to see here'.

I doubt it, but it _might_ help prevent radicalisation of newer people by making it harder to randomly encounter.

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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>Connecting people to authoritative information Top channels from picture. https://mediabiasfactcheck.com ABC: Left of Center NBC: Left of Center USA today: Left of Center CNN: Left CBS: Left of Center The "Authoritative Sources" are all Left-wing news agencies. So in other words they have done like Wikipedia. They have determined that Left of Center is authoritative and have limited the reach of alternative viewpoin…

WSJ minus the editorial pages is pretty good

Who's fault is it that the conserative movement has become more and more detached from facts?

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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post #65

YouTube staff is a gang of bullies, and they are pushing our country toward civil war. “The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the First one doesn’t work out.” - Dave Chappelle

How is the First Amendment in any way related to YouTube?

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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Absolutely nothing about the USA is in danger of falling apart. These conspiracy theories would die by themselves in a month or two.

Lets be clear about what's happening here: Google/Facebook and the like are becoming targets of anti-trust regulatory lawsuits (privacy, data-gathering, monopolistic behavior, etc). This is just an attempt to build goodwill with the incoming administration so they can call in a favor later. It's as simple as that.

Re: YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud

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HNers really are clowns - there's a chorus of people acting like this is oppression. When the most powerful people in the United States are constantly spreading lies to destabilize the fundamentals of the country for years to come. Downvote me all you want - it's just proof that SV is full of assclowns. Such a shame that I probably work with some of you idiots.

The state of Texas is suing other states in the supreme court and alledging fraud.

Youtube's new policy basically is saying that the state of Texas is not allowed to discuss the supreme court case on their platform.

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