The excuse is always to fight bots and spam, but it's exactly like how the war on terror is actually about war on human freedom - building a prison we all live inside.
No, it is not. Without these algorithms Youtube will be flooded with comments from bots.
> Those algorithms are used to control discussions and censor things as well. This is completely obvious if you pay attention to what is removed.
May be I'm not paying attention but this is not obvious to me. Care to share evidence for your claims?
You never actually see censorship if you are not censored.
If he/she "doesn't see it because he's not beingu censored", as you seem to imply that perhaps you are, his question would then be very relevant:
You could enlighten them with evidence so that they can also see what is obvious to you.