Youtube Will Remove More White Supremacist And Hoax Videos, A More Aggressive Stance On Hate Speech

[tripod]

The entire 2016 election was influenced by the dissemination of outright LIES presented as facts, by entities such as Breitbart and Russian planted disinformation designed to sow discord and change the outcome of the election to THEIR desired result.

That is a "conspiracy" theory.

The 2016 election was primarily influenced by the errors of the Clinton campaign.

Those errors were well documented but conveniently forgotten as soon as Russia was brought out as the whipping boy.

Are you insinuating that Breitbart had a hand in swaying independents and the undecided with their niche audience and niche message? NO independents or undecided voters consume Breitbart or Alex Jones nonsense. They are preaching to the choir with a very specific message designed to appeal to a HARDCORE anti-Democrat audience that wouldn't vote for a Democrat if you handed them a million dollars.

Breitbart didn't sway a fucking thing... and Russia didn't either.

The Benghazi investigations and Comey did more to screw Clinton from the outside than ANYONE has... yet despite this common sense explanation... you want to blame Breitbart and Russia instead?!?

1). Hillary was a SHIT candidate whose campaign did NOT want votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania... her campaign didn't want blue collar Americans, working class Americans or anyone in the South East to vote for her. Her campaign ran the exact opposite of the Southern Strategy and it was a disastrous decision and was the PRIMARY reason tat she lost.

2). Her email insanity also hurt her

3). The Benghazi Investigation also hurt her...not as much as 1 & 2, but it did have an effect

4). Her "basket of deplorables" statement was a colossal mistake. Probably not as strong of an effect as the Benghazi hearings but it did destroy her ability to reach across the aisle and attract the same right leaning independents as Obama did.

5). Comey was no friend to Clinton.

Yet when faced with this overwhelming reality, you wanna blame Russia and Breitbart. You KNOW FOR A FACT that the U.S. has interfered in 80+ elections since WWII... yet SOMEHOW THINK THAT THE U.S. GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY.

WHO INTERFERED IN THOSE 80+ ELECTIONS? THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S.

YET THOSE LYING SACKS OF SHIT ARE THE EXACT INSTITUTIONS THAT CLAIM ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY RUSSIA!!!!!

IT IS THE WOLF GUARDING THE HENHOUSE... YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR SNOUTS AND TELL YOU WHO THEY CLAIM HAS BEEN KILLING THE HENS... IT IS ALWAYS THE WOLF GUARDING THE HENHOUSE THAT HAS EATEN THE CHICKENS.

TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE IS EXERCISING EXTREME NAIVETY.

 

[StormfrontFL]

You just termed Youtube as a “tool of society” which I happen to agree with btw. YT/FB are closer to public squares or public utilities at this point. If a person is taken off of YT/FB/Twitter they’re effectively silenced in present day’s society. The effective near universal silencing precisely why people want them silenced on social media.

They are silenced by being banned due to hate speech. They are free to spew their bile on sites which allow such drivel.

If you owned a home it would be your right to tell anyone who visited to keep his or her clothes on, keep their muddy shoes off your furniture and not to throw trash all over the floor. It wouldn't matter if they started shouting that by doing so you are violating their freedoms because ....YOUR HOUSE. YOUR RULES.

Oh, and please (I say this to all who seem to be confused) this is not a violation of freedom of speech. YT is not the government. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences of said speech. A retail employee can tell a customer to kiss his ass per his freedom of speech but the employer is free to fire that employee for doing so.

 

[b.c.]

That is a "conspiracy" theory.

The 2016 election was primarily influenced by the errors of the Clinton campaign.

Those errors were well documented but conveniently forgotten as soon as Russia was brought out as the whipping boy.

Are you insinuating that Breitbart had a hand in swaying independents and the undecided with their niche audience and niche message? NO independents or undecided voters consume Breitbart or Alex Jones nonsense. They are preaching to the choir with a very specific message designed to appeal to a HARDCORE anti-Democrat audience that wouldn't vote for a Democrat if you handed them a million dollars.

Breitbart didn't sway a fucking thing... and Russia didn't either.

The Benghazi investigations and Comey did more to screw Clinton from the outside than ANYONE has... yet despite this common sense explanation... you want to blame Breitbart and Russia instead?!?

1). Hillary was a SHIT candidate whose campaign did NOT want votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania... her campaign didn't want blue collar Americans, working class Americans or anyone in the South East to vote for her. Her campaign ran the exact opposite of the Southern Strategy and it was a disastrous decision and was the PRIMARY reason tat she lost.

2). Her email insanity also hurt her

3). The Benghazi Investigation also hurt her...not as much as 1 & 2, but it did have an effect

4). Her "basket of deplorables" statement was a colossal mistake. Probably not as strong of an effect as the Benghazi hearings but it did destroy her ability to reach across the aisle and attract the same right leaning independents as Obama did.

5). Comey was no friend to Clinton.

Yet when faced with this overwhelming reality, you wanna blame Russia and Breitbart. You KNOW FOR A FACT that the U.S. has interfered in 80+ elections since WWII... yet SOMEHOW THINK THAT THE U.S. GIVES A FLYING FUCK ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY.

WHO INTERFERED IN THOSE 80+ ELECTIONS? THE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & STATE DEPARTMENT OF THE U.S.

YET THOSE LYING SACKS OF SHIT ARE THE EXACT INSTITUTIONS THAT CLAIM ELECTION INTERFERENCE BY RUSSIA!!!!!

IT IS THE WOLF GUARDING THE HENHOUSE... YOU SIMPLY CANNOT BELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY OPEN THEIR SNOUTS AND TELL YOU WHO THEY CLAIM HAS BEEN KILLING THE HENS... IT IS ALWAYS THE WOLF GUARDING THE HENHOUSE THAT HAS EATEN THE CHICKENS.

TO BELIEVE OTHERWISE IS EXERCISING EXTREME NAIVETY.

I read the first three sentences of the above and didn't even bother to read the rest. A Putin defender denying documented Russian manipulation and influence in our election. What a surprise!

 

[tripod]

I read the first three sentences of the above and didn't even bother to read the rest. A Putin defender denying documented Russian manipulation and influence in our election. What a surprise!

If you read the first three sentences, you got the Cliff's Note's or the gist of it.

What you fail to realize is just because something is documented, doesn't mean that it is true.

False documentation is the hallmark of what the U.S. Intelligence and Security State apparatus does.

 

[b.c.]

If you read the first three sentences, you got the Cliff's Note's or the gist of it.

Figured as much.

 

[keenobserver]

Figured as much.

Words to live by - " . . just because something is documented, doesn't mean that it is true."

The internet is now broken.

 

[tripod]

Words to live by - " . . just because something is documented, doesn't mean that it is true."

In other words... when the agencies that have interfered in 80+ elections since WWII (and which are also currently interfering in the next British election for Prime Minister) produce documentation that another country is actually interfering in our election... one should be extremely incredulous.

U.S. Intelligence agencies, the State Department and the Pentagon have ZERO credibility when it comes to sounding the alarm of election interference. They care NONE for election integrity since they have displayed absolutely no respect for any country's sovereignty.

When you believe their bullshit... that's on you. Those agencies predicate upon the fact that you have no idea of the level of interference that they have engaged in over the years... and predicate upon your being in the dark about their sense of fairness and their integrity.

The care none for fairness, democracy, sovereignty, integrity or honesty. They pursue power in the most craven manner possible.

Why you willfully ignore these facts, yet cling to flimsy evidence and conspiracy theories is anyones guess.

 

[keenobserver]

In other words... when the agencies that have interfered in 80+ elections since WWII (and which are also currently interfering in the next British election for Prime Minister) produce documentation that another country is actually interfering in our election... one should be extremely incredulous.

U.S. Intelligence agencies, the State Department and the Pentagon have ZERO credibility when it comes to sounding the alarm of election interference. They care NONE for election integrity since they have displayed absolutely no respect for any country's sovereignty.

When you believe their bullshit... that's on you. Those agencies predicate upon the fact that you have no idea of the level of interference that they have engaged in over the years... and predicate upon your being in the dark about their sense of fairness and their integrity.

The care none for fairness, democracy, sovereignty, integrity or honesty. They pursue power in the most craven manner possible.

Why you willfully ignore these facts, yet cling to flimsy evidence and conspiracy theories is anyones guess.

Do you even realize the irony in this?

 

[BlatinoX]

Just stopping in for a moment. This was overreach by Youtube. I’m saying this as a black man who believes YT should allow these channels to exist. I’ll never agree with them or watch them, but I care for freedom to communicate on the platform.

While I'm also for freedom of speech, there are limits to it and YouTube as a private company has every right to control what content they wish to have on their platform. If you don't agree with their policies and guidelines, no one is forcing you to use it. As the original poster suggested, no one is stopping these racists from going out there and creating/maintaining their own platform and spewing all the hate they want.

 

[Industrialsize]

I am holding this position while also belonging to one of the people groups these racists hate. Actually I’d say probably the group they hate the most. Yet I still disagree with silencing ugly voices in society.

Do you want a medal?

 

[tripod]

Censorship is a slippery slope down into the realm where sensitive subjects are not discussed and questions about them are no longer asked.

I find the cessation and diminishment of "questioning" to be a rather problematic development.

Free Speech means the protection of the opinions and voices of those that we disagree with the most... Google, facebook and Twitter have become an integral part of the public commons. Yes, they are privately held companies... albeit companies which are VERY much intertwined with the government but private companies nonetheless.

But Free Speech shouldn't be a "governmental technicality" where it is only protected by the constitution in reference to areas where the government infringes upon the speech of the citizenry... the concept of "Free Speech" should be applied to as many areas of our society as is possible.

Especially applied to the digital "public" spaces where information is shared en masse, aka "social media".

That said, Hate Speech does exist. Although reprehensible, hate speech can be a useful harbinger of areas where there is great disagreement among segments of the population.

The subjects revolving around Hate Speech DESPERATELY need to be discussed. The reason why most if this hate speech exists is because those subjects are discussed only in the shadows. By bringing these subjects into the light, they can be discussed with depth and an understanding. Backing the fringe elements of our society away from the edge and towards the center is precisely what needs to be done in order to heal our fractured citizenry.

This cannot be accomplished with the cessation of discussion or preventing important questions from being asked within the public sphere.

 

[deleted1846971]

Do you want a medal?

 

[Fuzzy_]

The hundreds of white supremacist videos on YouTube should be removed... and the three black supremacist videos.

 

[deleted15807]

We've created a monster that now we find we can't control.

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• Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently said that YouTube probably won’t ever be able to filter out 100% of the harmful content on its site.
• YouTube has come under fire for allowing harassment, hate speech, conspiracy theories and more.
• Pichai said YouTube’s massive scale likely makes it impossible to weed out all the bad content on the site.

Google CEO: YouTube is too big to fix completely
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