Maybe platform that's impossible to moderate shouldn't exist?

While I understand the good that YouTube brings, it has such a huge negative side that I wouldn't miss it if it were gone.

I think they should be held to a higher standard than they currently are.

Hacker News is a platform with user submitted content and human moderation. It is still going strong. I am a reader of some hobby forums and subreddits that also use human moderation. They are going strong as well.

If I woke up next day and we had laws that made automated content platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok impossible as business models then it would be no great loss for me. I see zero issues standing in the way of human moderated replacements.

Personally, I use YouTube and Instagram similarly to how I use Reddit: I heavily curare who I follow/subscribe to anyway. I get a lot more enjoyment out of seeing new videos by people I’ve followed for years who don’t post very often than I do from some recommendation to a viral clickbait video.

if they don't moderate it up to a standard? yes.

to use dreaded food analogy - same thing with food safety, if restaurant isn't up to the standards they get closed down.

Forums managed to moderate their own content for decades. Maybe the problem is scale, so yes to the platforms that are too large and unwieldy.