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YouTube's New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels (bloomberg.com)
In December, said it would assign more than 10,000 people to moderate content in an attempt to curb its child exploitation problem. Today, Bloomberg reports that those new moderators mistakenly removed several videos and some channels from right-wing, pro-gun video producers and outlets in the midst of a nationwide debate on gun control. From the report: Some YouTube channels recently complained about their accounts being pulled entirely. On Wednesday, the Outline highlighted accounts, including Titus Frost, that were banned from the video site. Frost tweeted on Wednesday that a survivor of the shooting, David Hogg, is an actor. Jerome Corsi of right-wing conspiracy website Infowars said on Tuesday that YouTube had taken down one of his videos and disabled his live stream. Shutting entire channels would have marked a sweeping policy change for YouTube, which typically only removes channels in extreme circumstances and focuses most disciplinary action on specific videos. But YouTube said some content was taken down by mistake. The site didn't address specific cases and it's unclear if it meant to take action on the accounts of Frost and Corsi. "As we work to hire rapidly and ramp up our policy enforcement teams throughout 2018, newer members may misapply some of our policies resulting in mistaken removals," a YouTube spokeswoman wrote in an email. "We're continuing to enforce our existing policies regarding harmful and dangerous content, they have not changed. We'll reinstate any videos that were removed in error."
Google should have given a quick glance at Lois Lerner's resume before hiring her to run their Department Of Capricious Silencing. Or, maybe they did!
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You are not understanding that your beliefs are bases on emotion not logic. You say cars have a useful purpose. So do guns. However, just as You could eliminate guns and have a functioning society, you could also eliminate all cars and have a perfectly functioning society through the use of bicycles. That society would be much healthier and happier. You could keep the roads open and have lanes dedicated towards ambulances and semi trucks. If you give up your car, I will give up my gun. Guns serve a function in society, mainly hunting and shooting people you do not like. If we got rid of guns it would in some ways be befificial because it would force people to pay attention to woefully neglected sword fighting skills. It would be really cool to see people fighting each other with swords everyday. So I really think you have something there. If you really feel strongly about stopping gun violence I will support you but only if you give up your car. I want to see thousands of people riding to work everyday with swords strapped to their backs. If you refuse to give up your car I will keep my gun and we can engage in gun play on Americas highways.
Evolution is a process whereby, through natural selection and predation, nature creates better and better killing machines. Some people are just not happy living in the modern world and want to return to a more innocent time when we rode bicycles and killed each other with swords or big rocks. I am saying you are not wrong. I share a bit of your nostalgia, and would be will to try living in your quaint little world for a while. E.g a world without guns