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YouTube removes more than 9,000 channels relating to Ukraine war

YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos and 9,000 channels related to the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including removal of videos that referred to the invasion as a “liberation mission”.

The platform is hugely popular in Russia, where, unlike some of its US peers, it has not been shut down despite hosting content from opposition figures such as Alexei Navalny. YouTube has also been able to operate in Russia despite cracking down on pro-Kremlin content that has broken guidelines including its major violent events policy, which prohibits denying or trivialising the invasion.

Thanks for the PR win says Putin!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

The YouTube Nazi Panic was just another moral panic

We freaked out, but there was never any evidence to back it up.

Back in 2018, a friend visited me from out of town and wanted to show me some of the YouTube videos he and his friends had been watching. I quickly realized that he had gotten into alt-right content, and was now viewing it on my own YouTube account. Some of the videos, for example, featured Disney musical clips dubbed over with lyrics about how Trump would restore White power. Having read the media reports of YouTube’s algorithmic radicalization, I was immediately worried that my YouTube recommendations would from now on be full of Nazi propaganda.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"NAZIS! NAZIS EVERYWHERE!", YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

Russia regulator declares YouTube a ‘terrorist in nature’

A Russian technology regulator declared YouTube’s and parent company Google’s actions as “terrorist in nature.”

The Russian regulator Roskomnadzor claimed that social media platforms are allowing advertisements that encourage Russia’s communications systems and Belarus’s train systems to be suspended. The watchdog made all of these accusations as Big Tech companies make moves against Russia due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

They’re right.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

YouTube Nukes Video Of GOP Lawmakers Discussing Constitutional Limits To COVID Vaxx Mandates

YouTube took down a video posted by the House Freedom Caucus of lawmakers discussing the constitutional limits to medically coercive vaccine mandates for the novel Wuhan coronavirus.

“Our team has reviewed your content, and, unfortunately, we think it violates our medical misinformation policy,” the company wrote without reference to the specific infraction, emphasis theirs.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Censorship, vaccine controversy, YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

YouTube moves to ban all anti-vaccine content

YouTube is moving to block and remove all content that spreads misinformation about vaccines against COVID-19 and other illnesses, such as measles, hepatitis and chicken pox.

The Google-owned online video company said in a blog post on Wednesday that any content that “falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects” will be removed.

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Texas Governor Signs Law Preventing Social Media Companies From Banning People For Their Views

The law, known as HB 20, prohibits social media platforms from banning or suspending users, and removing or suppressing their content, based on political viewpoint. The bill was introduced by state Sen. Bryan Hughes partly in an effort to combat perceived censorship of conservatives by Facebook, Twitter, Google-owned YouTube, and other major tech companies.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCensorship, Censorship on Social Media, Don't Mess With Texas, facebook, facebook is evil, Twitter, Twitter is Evil, YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

‘Woke Reformation’ Reveals Cancel Culture’s Insidious Roots

Documentarians avoid tackling Cancel Culture for understandable reasons.

Say the wrong thing on screen, or have the wrong social media message in your digital past, and suddenly you’re the next Cancel Culture victim.

Even the 2019 docudrama “No Safe Spaces,” a brilliant expose of how woke thinking conquered the college landscape, is partially out of date thanks to Cancel Culture’s exponential rise.

Director Travis D. Brown isn’t afraid to cover Cancel Culture. He’s the driving force behind “The Woke Reformation,” a new YouTube (and Locals.com) based series examining this cultural blowtorch.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Batshit Crazy Social Justice Warriors, YouTube, YouTube Is Evil

Mad Max Censored

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Censorship is Science? So says YouTube

“Anything that would go against World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations would be a violation of our policy, and so removal is another really important part of our policy,” Wojcicki said.

Never mind the endless examples of lies and deceit from WHO, CDC, governments in general, etc. Never mind the inconsistent messaging on masks or propaganda on vaccine efficacy from the “authorities” and “experts.” Never mind all the doctors who have actually treated patients who disagree with YouTube’s preapproved sources. Never mind the corrupt fact-checkers and shills.

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Steven Crowder claims voter fraud on YouTube, gets restricted & demonetized, in the latest blow from Big Tech

BlazeTV host Steven Crowder has had his YouTube channel restricted after posting a video that reportedly challenged the legitimacy of the recent US presidential vote, and after also being restricted by Twitter.

YouTube banned conservative commenter Steven Crowder from uploading videos for a week and demonetized his account by suspending his main channel from the YouTube Partner Program. This means that Crowder is no longer able to run ads and profit from them.

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