here's a clip taken from youtube of steven crowder, who @TeamYouTube have said does not violate their policies. youtube are apparently happy to have this material on their websitepic.twitter.com/NsIDtHAwCE
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Didn’t they demonetized his channeling blocked quite a few of his videos? I don’t watch him but I understand he’s a comedian so naturally he’d have controversial stuff on his show. What I ask myself is that if we deplatform him does that protect or endanger our freedom of speech?
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Deplatforming doesn’t allow someone to speak. Your argument would make sense if YouTube was a private publisher. But they aren’t. They are an open forum with a set of rules. They said Crowder didn’t violate the rules, but they still punished him. That’s my problem with this.
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YouTube is absolutely a private entity dude. They're not government owned. Your argument is like saying no one can be banned from social media, for any reason, because it's an "open platform"
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But the laws of the land still applies to them. Laws regulate free speech. YouTube is not magically from these laws. As I said publishers can veto content for any reason. Open forums aren’t allowed to although they can set & enforce rules. Crowder didn’t break the rules.
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