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Google Announces New Measures To Fight Extremist YouTube Videos (cnet.com)
An anonymous reader quotes CNET:
YouTube will take new steps to combat extremist- and terrorist-related videos, parent company Google said Sunday. "While we and others have worked for years to identify and remove content that violates our policies, the uncomfortable truth is that we, as an industry, must acknowledge that more needs to be done. Now," Kent Walker, Google's general counsel, said in an op-ed column in the London-based Financial Times.
Here's CNET's summary of the four new measure Google is implementing:
Here's CNET's summary of the four new measure Google is implementing:
- Use "more engineering resources to apply our most advanced machine learning research to train new 'content classifiers' to help us more quickly identify and remove such content."
- Expand YouTube's Trusted Flagger program by adding 50 independent, "expert" non-governmental organizations to the 63 groups already part of it. Google will offer grants to fund the groups.
- Take a "tougher stance on videos that do not clearly violate our policies -- for example, videos that contain inflammatory religious or supremacist content." Such videos will "appear behind a warning" and will not be "monetized, recommended or eligible for comments or user endorsements."
- Expand YouTube's efforts in counter-radicalization. "We are working with Jigsaw to implement the 'redirect method' more broadly. ... This promising approach harnesses the power of targeted online advertising to reach potential Isis recruits, and redirects them towards anti-terrorist videos that can change their minds about joining."
Being a racist isn't illegal. Acting on those beliefs to deny people their rights is.
If some people aren't happy with being kicked out, they're certainly free to start their own site. Te first amendment only applies to government censorship. It doesn't mean others can't arbitrarily censor you. Free speech also means that platforms are free to reject whatever they want, whether it's terrorist videos or bronies.
Also, there are plenty of white groups that are recognized as being discriminated against. Including the biggest white group of all - white women.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Pretty much this.
Anyone using "Islamic Terrorism", "SJW", etc will be demonetized and suspended.
Meanwhile, guys screaming "Death To 'Murica! Allayouse Snackbars!" and preaching how good it is to go out and blow up people. Or dipshits screaming "Black Power! Kill Whitey! Black Power! Kill Whitey!" or "Everyone who's not ME is a NAZI! I'm going to kill nazis!" or "Let's get all guys together and castrate them with a dull spoon!"
All those ass nuggets will be free and clear. Because we wouldn't want to further disadvantage them in life and maybe be RACIST or SEXIST or MISOGINIST or WHATEVER-IST!
I trust Google about as far as I can shot-put a concrete-filled main battle tank.