[dpatru]

> Until YouTube joins the Senate, I think they’re fine doing whatever they want.

I think it's reasonable to assume that the American government contains the same kind of people that are in governments the world over and throughout history. And governments have always attempted to suppress speech: that's why the First Amendment was written.

Given Snowden's revelations, can you be sure that Youtube's censoring is simply a business decision by executives and not a result of government influence? How would things be different if the government were pressuring the big platforms to squelch speech?

[seppin]

> Given Snowden's revelations

What did Snowden reveal about government influence over private sector censorship? I must have missed it.

[seppin]

Nothing?

[paulcole]

Honestly I don’t care why YouTube censors what they censor.

The text of the amendment looks pretty clear to me. Pressuring big platforms is a world away from passing a law.