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censorship ratcheting up on youtube

Name: Anonymous 2016-09-01 1:07

Name: Anonymous 2016-09-01 19:27

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Freedom of assembly doesn't really apply to Youtube, the basic human right to freedom of assembly doesn't mean they're obligated to host whatever you want them to, any more than the basic right to self-defense means gun stores are obligated to give firearms away for free. Youtube has an image to maintain, they're in it for the money, they're not going to host content that scares away advertisers. And if Youtube can't censor, then we'd have to extend that expectation to the rest of the internet, and we'd basically have total chaos. In any case though, Youtube isn't TAKING AWAY your right to peaceably assemble, it's the same as a local Wal-Mart manager saying you can't assemble THERE. You're still free to express your free speech elsewhere, in the public domain. Corporations are private entities, and forcing them to facilitate the spreading of your message is a violation of THEIR freedom of speech. It would be the equivalent of Microsoft telling you "You have to tell everyone you meet to buy Microsoft products, you won't get paid for this, and if you refuse we'll take you to court for suppressing our freedom of speech".

It's time for non-censorable systems to be created.
There really isn't any such thing in the real world. This board comes pretty close, due to minimalist rules and lax administration, but that's mostly because progrider is a small, tight-knit community that's largely able to regulate itself. But any POPULAR site has to engage in some form of censorship, or be flooded by spamming idiots, and then they have to decide where to draw the line. Even 4chan, which has a reputation of being a "free speech" site (because they're okay with discussions that would be unacceptable in mainstream society), acts basically Orwellian towards anyone who questions the mods.

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