YouTube pulls coronavirus misinformation videos

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Published: Apr 13, 2020
Author: Staff
Post Date: 2020-04-13 22:32:47 by Gatlin
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YouTube pulls coronavirus
misinformation videos

YouTube's product chief tells Axios that the Google-owned video site has removed thousands of COVID-19 videos — including some from the Brazilian president's channel — for violating policies related to the spread of medical misinformation.

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One example of a removed video can be found on LF here

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Spreading medical misinformation is not a good thing to do – Is it stone?

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#1: Pinguinite    To: Gatlin (#0)

Spreading medical misinformation is not a good thing to do – Is it stone?

It's far, far better to spread medical misinformation than it is to censor medical misinformation. Or more accurately, censor Youtube's version of misinformation. This is quite draconian to have a corporation dictate what information the world is allowed to see. It's thought control. Or an attempt at it, serving to teach the populous that they can safely become wussies and believe everything they see on the internet.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-04-14 03:27:45   Reply   Private Reply


#2: Hondo68    To: Pinguinite (#1)

well it's a private corp, but has lots of CIA etc, gov contracts, so it's not kosher IMO.

Like these websites can boot/ban anyone for no reason, but Google/youtube are different they're basically a gov agency without any of the accountability. And the gov will protect them for that very reason, they can get away with murder, litterally. Sell your private data to Saudi-Israel terrorists, or anyone.

A guy could loose his head over that kinda stuff ;) Where's Kashogi's head, nobody knows.

IMO

Hondo68 posted on 2020-04-14 03:39:30   Reply   Private Reply


#3: A K A Stone    To: Gatlin (#0)

Spreading medical misinformation is not a good thing to do – Is it stone?

Yes you should shut up. You are an idiot. You are a domestic enemy of the people.

I don't like you.

A K A Stone posted on 2020-04-14 07:43:27   Reply   Private Reply


#4: Gatlin    To: A K A Stone (#3)

I don't like you.

That is understandable since all I do is bombard your with the truth – something that you do not like to face and want to only live in your own world with your preconceived opinions.

BTW – You sound like a 6-year old in this post saying: “I don’t like you.”

Gatlin posted on 2020-04-14 07:55:40   Reply   Private Reply


#5: A K A Stone    To: Gatlin (#4)

So you think eating healthy and taking vitamins is bad advice. You don't know what you are talking about.

Willingly ignorant.

I don't like enemies of the constitution which you are.

Asshole.

A K A Stone posted on 2020-04-14 08:10:46   Reply   Private Reply


#6: Gatlin    To: All (#0)

… Medical Misinformation …

Stone – do you have any further “Medical Misinformation” to post for everyone again today?

Just askin’

Gatlin posted on 2020-04-14 08:46:02   Reply   Private Reply


#7: Gatlin    To: A K A Stone (#5)

So you think eating healthy and taking vitamins is bad advice. You don't know what you are talking about.

Willingly ignorant.

I don't like enemies of the constitution which you are.

Asshole.

your irrationality is hard to deal with.

But you are blessed in that I have the patience to continue trying.

Gatlin posted on 2020-04-14 08:49:35   Reply   Private Reply


#8: Gatlin    To: A K A Stone (#3)

Gatlin posted on 2020-04-14 09:49:58   Reply   Private Reply


#9: Pinguinite    To: Hondo68 (#2)

well it's a private corp, but has lots of CIA etc, gov contracts, so it's not kosher IMO.

The private/public rule was made before the internet came about. Right now youtube is a monopoly, and even private corps have been recognized as subject to break-up when they obtained an overwhelming share of the market, as happened with Standard Oil and whomever it was running the nations telephone service. Corps have learned how to lobby correctly against that -- google, for one, donates money to about every media outlet in existence helping ensure they don't get bad mouthed.

Edit: I'm not sure what the solution is, as the nature of the internet makes normal competition difficult for multiple offering similar services. Usually only one rises to the top. I remember when hifive was competing with facebook, and maybe even predated them.

But one thing that could be done is to declare services like FB and YT to be utilities, granting them complete immunity of any posted content in exchange for a prohibition on any kind of censorship. All must be allowed.

Water and electric companies are also usually private, but regulated in pricing due to the non-competitive nature of their business, and cannot discriminate against customers even for things like bad credit.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-04-14 14:25:45   Reply   Private Reply


#10: Pinguinite    To: Gatlin (#4)

since all I do is bombard your with the truth

Now THAT is something a 6-year old would say.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-04-14 14:26:50   Reply   Private Reply


#11: Hondo68    To: Pinguinite (#9)

I remember when hifive was competing with facebook, and maybe even predated them.

I remember when Alta Vista used to the hot ticket, now Google is king of the hill & AV is long gone.

Seem to remember MySpace or something like that, had an account there IIRC.

Hondo68 posted on 2020-04-14 14:54:05   Reply   Private Reply