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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYouTube shuts down comments on House hearing on white nationalism over hateful remarks
YouTube shut down the chat feature on a livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism Tuesday amid a flood of hateful comments.
The feature was disabled "due to the presence of hateful comments, Google, YouTube's parent company, confirmed to The Hill.
Hate speech has no place on YouTube. Weve invested heavily in teams and technology dedicated to removing hateful comments and videos and we take action on them when flagged by our users, the company said in a statement.
The House Judiciary panel was meeting to discuss hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism."
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/438055-hateful-comments-force-youtube-to-shut-down-chat-on-livestream-of-house
About time. YouTube used to put up with a lot of hateful bullshit.
marble falls
(57,167 posts)Leith
(7,813 posts)They are not cutting off anyone's free speech. They just don't want it at their site.
Or perhaps you think that the passerby was violating Alex Jones' free speech in this clip?
marble falls
(57,167 posts)So to limit Nazi hate speech they cut off our speech that follows YouTube ToS, too.
ck4829
(35,084 posts)miyazaki
(2,248 posts)They whitewash everything? Or do I have to re-enable them or something?
Archae
(46,344 posts)Of course, you expected that from Louie Gohmert, right? :goggly:
Initech
(100,099 posts)Fuck white nationalists.