I completely disagree with most of what the doctors in the video are saying. However I really really don't like YouTube removing content like this.
Even more, Youtube has the problem that it's algorithms push people TOWARDS the most dubious, conspiracy-driven views until and unless youtube actually removes the video.
So Youtube has multiple things to balance and removing harmful bullshit is the best of the triage they seem to be able to do on their platform.
And I had a couple of my less-informed, more mentally unstable Facebook friends sharing those videos along with angry screams about the shutdown being unnecessary - one friend prefaced the video with "that does, I'm not wearing a mask any more" (he works at a hospital, I kid you not).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communica...
YouTube here has decided what the “correct” messaging is for the many based on the decisions of a few. Is there no room for dissenting opinion?
Perhaps more dangerous are the people who now are firmly convinced the lockdown should be over simply because the video was taken down.
When is the proper approach to discuss and counter instead of suppress?
It's very naive to think that what these two are doing is a good faith attempt to present a dissenting opinion. If someone wants to use this tragedy as an opportunity to launch their right-wing media career I don't think YouTube is obliged to be an accomplice.
As for my opinions being silenced, if I ever yell fire in a theater, or tell people to drink poison laced Kool-Aid, or tell them to ignore this pandemic, I hope I get what's coming to me.
Censoring misinformation on YouTube is like censoring porn. Wait, I guess something as absurd as that actually exists in Japan.
Alright, never mind, humanity has no bounds, continue on in your paradoxical ways.
Censor the flat-earthers while you’re at it at, at least we know that’s bullshit for sure.
Your flippant remark indicates a lack of deep thinking on this issue, and once I googled Diamond and Silk, I realize that your probably a bit of a partisan as well.
The removal of Alex Jones didn't help anything. It just helped reinforce the paranoia he and his supporters have, which is that a vast conspiracy exists to silence him and others who believe his theories.
Those supporters now listen to him on whatever alternate platform (my brother in law is one of them) and it's even harder to talk to them now due to the Youtube cancellation.
You feel better emotionally because he's off Youtube. Feels like a victory for you, doesn't it? It's hollow.
My brother-in-law just listens even more rabidly, and he votes. Enjoy your false victory. Jones is stronger than ever now. Censorship doesn't work. It never will.
The article isn’t recent, and I challenge you to find a more recent record that paints a less gloomy picture for him, but I doubt you’ll find it.
Alex Jones is a non-entity now compared to his heyday. Deplatforming works, your extended family notwithstanding.