So, I have pretty thick skin when it comes to online harassment, but something has been really bothering me.
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Replying to @gaywonk
(1/4) Thanks again for taking the time to share all of this information with us. We take allegations of harassment very seriously–we know this is important and impacts a lot of people.
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Replying to @TeamYouTube @gaywonk
(2/4) Our teams spent the last few days conducting an in-depth review of the videos flagged to us, and while we found language that was clearly hurtful, the videos as posted don’t violate our policies. We’ve included more info below to explain this decision:
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If content that doesn't violate your policies make other content creators feel unsafe or harassed, perhaps the problem is with the policies.
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...or maybe it's the problem of the people who "feel unsafe or harassed". If it's so easy to censor others because of a claimed feeling of harassment, regardless of whether or not it's true, then why is it that this censorship seems to ONLY go one way politically?
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You're arguing 2 different positions. People feeling unsafe is different than people claiming to feel unsafe. And by your argument, perhaps one side, politically, should reconsider the content they publish.
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No, I'm not. What are you going to do, establish a "legitimate feeling department" where you can have an army of bureaucratic YouTube staffers appointed to determine whether people making claims of "feeling unsafe" are legitimate or not in feeling that way? Ridiculous.
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