But they did completely break under political pressure...?
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Considering the weight being leaned on them by advertisers & political activists, I honestly expected a total cave in & capitulation. So I see a firm stance that YT is an open medium, while also throwing the dogs a rather vague bone (which is under review still), as a good step.
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Replying to @FunsizeNomad @ArchersCircle and
They made the smart decision for their business, which was neither a cave in nor a political martyrdom. The fact that they are willing to take some heat for a good business move encourages me.
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Oh? They're taking much more heat now having caved in and ban an entire half of American politics because on guy was insulted. I'd say that is the definition of political martyrdom. Difference in viewpoint, I guess.
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Perhaps I need to reread the statement, I didn’t see a cave in personally. Thought that they were taking a stand.
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Also, they did it entirely along political lines to the point where many channels that DON'T discuss/support political sides get hit for having certain keywords. For instance,
@officialjerboa shared a history teacher who was hit for talking about WW2 since nazis are mentioned.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @ArchersCircle @FunsizeNomad and
Artificial Jerboa Retweeted Mr Allsop History
@FunsizeNomad this was the thread I shared earlier. Probably the one he means.https://twitter.com/MrAllsopHistory/status/1136326031290376193?s=19 …Artificial Jerboa added,
Mr Allsop History @MrAllsopHistoryYouTube have banned me for 'hate speech', I think due to clips on Nazi policy featuring propaganda speeches by Nazi leaders. I'm devastated to have this claim levelled against me, and frustrated 15yrs of materials for#HistoryTeacher community have ended so abruptly.@TeamYouTubeShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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Replying to @ArchersCircle @FunsizeNomad and
I guess the channel was brought back to life, but they removed some videos and clips. He shouldn't have needed to fight to keep his channel though. This whole thing is so drastic and unfortunate.
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Replying to @officialjerboa @ArchersCircle and
Well the optimist in me saw the official statement and was hopeful, now its just sad. They can’t even own up to their actions. Doing one thing and pretending to be doing another.
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I've tried to keep some optimism, hence calling it a knee-jerk reaction, but given it wasn't JUST Steven Crowder who was hit, YouTube must've built a whole algorithm to systemically ban people. That doesn't happen overnight.
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