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There has always been junk info floating around. What truly scares me are people lIke the new York times who want to censor anyone they disagree with: to the point of wanting youtube to only show political and scientific videos that they personally agree with. Sometimes on YouTube I watch junk science because I'm bored. I know it's bullshit. What I like about he platform is it represents a diverse range of ideas and I can watch anything I choose to.

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You're misrepresenting the article.

It's not so much about taking the videos down, as the recommendation algorithms pushing people in the extremist direction.

Over unity or other 'zero point' energy videos are fun to watch even if you think they are bullshit, same for a lot of the UFO videos. I thought the flat earth videos might be similarly entertaining but they I have found one that is. I used to read Rense.com for a giggle.

If someone doesn't have the cognitive abilities to consider the veracity of a video that's on them. Let me watch what I want.

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