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by irae 1681 days ago
It could be argued as censorship only if they have it enabled on the whole platform and on the hypothetical video you mentioned it decides to turn off for whatever reason. Censorship is against an individual or a target group.

Since they analyzed the platform as a whole and decided there are more harm than good in dislikes, and they are applying globally (allowing for a transition period), it is just how they decided the feature set to behave. You can't call it censorship if it applies to 100% of people and content without exception.