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I worked at a (big) company when they changed their policy to include this vagueness. It was all over this guy spreading mass disinformation and conspiracy theories that were actively harmful. There was a lot of discussion about “yeah, I agree this is bad… but, this is a slippery slope,” and “how can you think we should let him use OUR platform to do this,” type arguments. We were a privately held company at the time, and this is what the owner wanted to do.

So we changed the terms. I felt like the T&S team (trust and safety) sighed a huge sigh of relief because they were having to deal with advertisers and bereft families complaining.

Anyway, it became a very heavy hammer that was very rarely used except in extreme circumstances.

I imagine not every company uses it as sparingly but it’s a much needed clause to deplatform certain kinds of charismatic people who are harmful to humanity. I don’t know anything about this particular case, nor do I want to know even a TL;DR. I’m just here for the comments and your comment chain struck a nerve.



>I imagine not every company uses it as sparingly but it’s a much needed clause to deplatform certain kinds of charismatic people who are harmful to humanity.

if companies really cared about humanity, most of them would close shop. Corporate activism is truly scary, as they game the system to acquire virtue to be immune to criticism and even get kickbacks from "aligned" politicians. Fascism 2.0 is really weird


Nature of the allogations aside, isn't this what possibly happened to Brand? He spoke things that many wished went unsaid. Eventually the "terms & conditions" were tweaked so to speak and now the critic is silenced, marginalized and humiliated.

Of all the targets to pick, why Brand? Why now?


Russel Brand has just had a number of sexual assault allegations made against him [1]. I would assume Youtube's decision is linked to those allegations rather than the content of his channel, since his channel content has been pretty consistent

[1]: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66838794


Allegations? Anyone can say anything but we have courts to prove they-said-they-said type problems. That's pretty shitty.


>He spoke things that many wished went unsaid.

Yes, but why did they wish it unsaid? Is it because he's speakin (uncomfortable) truth to power, or because he's an ignorant man spreading potentially dangerous narratives?


>potentially dangerous narratives

https://youtu.be/v4ZOJLsnvZo?si=Y7su4zyFagpePwdj

I have no public opinions. I just share what I see


Perpetual crisis leads to perpetual fear and nothing nudges and controls behaviour better than fear.

Nothing makes people not act in their own best self-interest (e.h., diet and lifestyle) than fear.

Nothing nudges people to forfeit their individuality to a group of overseers (i.e., government) more than fear.

Nothing blinds people to possibilities other than the dysfunctional status quo more than fear.

Nothing servers fear better than more fear.

Not my opinion. This is history's opinion.


Whose definition of ignorance are we using? And who does that definition benefit and serve?




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