[lurker69]

Youtube publicly stated that they are working with SPLC and ADL on Youtubes Trusted Flagger Program. I am not implying that this was plan of evil CEOs from the start. But they let it happen. They let political bias seep in and steer public discourse on largest communication channels we have. This recent ridiculously vague "hate speech" rules can be used to prevent posting anything negative about arbitrary topics is we define those things as "protected groups" first. This is not partisan problem. Sooner or later this censorship that is normal now will be used against the left too.

I’m more on the side of saying that Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and the like are large enough that they should be thought of as public space. Having as much social interaction as we do on platforms that can be controlled on the whims of CEOs and business interests isn’t much different than government control of ideas, and I would argue it’s worse because the government is at least elected. They have transcended beyond a business-customer relationship and have become the largest meeting space in history, and as such they should be free and open just like a public square.

[pasabagi]

I think the problem is the right wing stalwarts like Alex Jones are doing stuff like inciting people to send hate mail to the people who lost their kids at the Sandy Hook massacre. Further, hate speech rules are often codified in law, and for good reason. It's not youtube's fault that mainstream rightwing culture is deeply sick, neither is it politicized censorship to censure people like Alex Jones.