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by seieste 1717 days ago
> if the debate was about ISIS propaganda?

Google recently deleted the entire account of someone who had videos of vehicles in the Middle East, claiming it was extremist content [0]. He was a historian who was cataloging how vehicles are used and modified in military operations across the globe. But google’s bots (which are probably pretty similar to YouTube’s) classified it as extremist content.

So I disagree with the premise of your argument — that we’d all support the automatic removal of “ISIS propaganda”.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28621412
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duhast 1717 days ago
Mistakes will always happen. Content moderation is hard, especially at the scale of YouTube. And no - adding more human moderators wouldn't make it better.

Most people would support it. Based on your response, I assume that you wouldn't mind if YouTube recommended you some ISIS beheadings for example. Who would be to judge if the video is real or not? It could be just artistic reconstruction. Free speech absolutists would never trust YouTube to make this determination.

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syshum 1717 days ago
> I assume that you wouldn't mind if YouTube recommended you some ISIS beheadings for example

You act as if the recommendation engine forces people to watch content...

No one if forcing anyone to click on and consume a recommended video... Most of the videos recommended to me I do not watch,

How did "just turn the channel" i.e ignore the video in today's nomenclature become an invalid option?

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Andrew_nenakhov 1717 days ago
Why would you want to remove videos of beheadings? Can there be a better example to teach people that ISIS is a wild barbaric horde that must be destroyed?

Continuing your line of thinking, what would you want to remove next? 9/11 videos of planes flying into buildings? Holocaust documentaries? Surely, these videos can give bad ideas to viewers...

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duhast 1717 days ago
I personally agree with you. Issue is that this view is not shared by the majority of the population. Even naked female nipples are still somehow offensive to some people.

Imagine being called ISISTube. This wouldn't be good for business especially with the family oriented crowd.

RIP LiveLeak.

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datenarsch 1717 days ago
And how can you be so sure to know what views are shared by the majority of the population?
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