Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agoYouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial contentwww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkYouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial contentwww.techspot.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 3 days agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down9·3 days agoGood. The Internet was always supposed to be an opportunity to expand the overton window. It’s incredible how much we’ve been allowing tech companies to be censors in the first place, anything that undoes this development is good.
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·3 days agoSure, but this is only going to expand the Overton window in one direction. People with facts tend not to be as inflammatory.
minus-squareBigMacHole@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·3 days agoEXACTLY Right! Because there’s NO WAY YouTube will STILL Police things like Trans and Gay while not Policing Nazis and Child Rapists!
Good. The Internet was always supposed to be an opportunity to expand the overton window. It’s incredible how much we’ve been allowing tech companies to be censors in the first place, anything that undoes this development is good.
Sure, but this is only going to expand the Overton window in one direction. People with facts tend not to be as inflammatory.
EXACTLY Right! Because there’s NO WAY YouTube will STILL Police things like Trans and Gay while not Policing Nazis and Child Rapists!