On one hand I want to cheer that they are banning vaccine
misinformation but on the other, I'm not a big fan of censorship in
any form.
That having been said, Youtube is a private company owned by Google
and they are not a government entity or news organization so they can
do whatever they want.
They could have chosen to just mark those vids as misinformation.
No they can't, they have to stick to the law.
And who are those people that make the judgement on the videos? Are they medical professionals? Is there an appeal procedure?
That having been said, Youtube is a private company owned
by Google and they are not a government entity or news
organization so they can do whatever they want.
No they can't, they have to stick to the law.
And who are those people that make the judgement on the
videos? Are they medical professionals? Is there an
appeal procedure?
No they can't, they have to stick to the law.
Depends on the country I guess.
In the US, they are sticking to the law. Censorship and the first amendment apply to federal, state and local government, not private companies. Those private companies can still be sued or face other consequences such as loss of business, etc.
Personally I'm in favor of restricting corporate censorship but for now they are entirely within the law here. In the long run I think that businesses such as Facebook and Youtube, that are allowed to censor stuff, bleed over into public policy.
Where does the line get drawn though?
Child pornography? Rape videos, vaccine misinformation, racist videos?
And who are those people that make the judgement on the videos? Are
they medical professionals? Is there an appeal procedure?
I seriously doubt it (about being medical professionals).
As far as I know it can be appealed. Youtube, for instance, allows for appealing it. As far as I know so do the other social media platforms.
I don't use them enough to really know the correct answer for that.
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