RAMROD 90,624 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) YouTube will stop removing content that falsely claims the 2020 election or other past U.S. presidential elections were marred by “widespread fraud, errors or glitches,” the platform announced Friday. The change is a reversal for the Google-owned video service, which said a month after the 2020 election that it would start removing new posts that falsely claimed widespread voter fraud or errors changed the outcome. YouTube said in a blog post that the updated policy was an attempt to protect the ability to “openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions.” The updated policy, which goes into effect immediately, won’t stop YouTube from taking down content that tries to deceive voters in the upcoming 2024 election, or other future races in the U.S. and abroad. The company said its other existing rules against election misinformation remain unchanged. https://apnews.com/article/youtube-election-misinformation-policy-42a6c1b7623c485dbc04eb76ad443247 Edited June 4 by RAMROD (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ under construction (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality 62,395 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I don't know how anyone over there at YouTube could think that the sentence “openly debate political ideas, even those that are controversial or based on disproven assumptions" isn't completely wild and ridiculous. 𝕸𝖆𝖉𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝕿𝖜𝖔 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerBR97 16,145 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) I feel like Heidi right now, except the werkroom is Earth. Edited June 4 by TylerBR97 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacs vs looser 2,557 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 To allow content "based on disproven assumptions"... Is so distopyian, it's actually scary. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
besus 132 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Oof (!?), turns out late-stage capitalism is a nightmare. When intuition and morality somehow become not germane to policy, bad things happen. Who knew or could ever have known. Honestly!?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
badfaith 5,537 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) Now why did Neal Youtube do this? where is Susan?? Edited June 4 by badfaith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
windzo 667 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Just when election season is starting how convenient 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 84,309 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 The audacity of that press release Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controversiaga 4,593 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Very disappointed Pronounced like “Balenciaga” . Emphasis on the “Ga” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 8,716 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Not surprised that a corporation that has allowed multiple predators to have platforms would do this. he/him/his Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emvee 6,817 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Are they subscribing to the idea that misinformation is a legitimate political tactic? Get ready, people are gonna start saying some wild ****. Qanon levels of conspiracy theories will flourish. Attacks on the LGBT community are gonna sky rocket too. The algorithm does not care about the safety of people that the right-wing wants to scapegoat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 127,570 Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 Free speech absolutism just enables the most dangerous among us When you treat facts and fantasy as equals, it only benefits the latter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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