09-01-2016, 09:16 PM
(09-01-2016, 11:18 AM)Surge Wrote:Noooooo. I just discovered him like a few weeks ago and I love his videos. Q.Q(09-01-2016, 06:21 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: Youtube is demonetizing videos that contain swearing and controversial subjects like war and stuff...RIP SovietWomble
Yyyyyyep... That's a thing now...
(09-01-2016, 02:12 PM)Rahizel Wrote:This is what I have a problem with. The definition of "controversial subjects" is, well, subjective, and it could be used to directly discourage people from talking about sensitive issues.(09-01-2016, 06:21 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: Youtube is demonetizing videos that contain swearing and controversial subjects like war and stuff...It's censorship, they're using it as an excuse to selectively demonetize videos they don't approve of like I dunno [REDACTED BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO ADDRESS THIS]
Yyyyyyep... That's a thing now...
(09-01-2016, 03:19 PM)OdinYggd Wrote:(09-01-2016, 03:05 PM)Dipdoo Wrote: So much for freedom of speech I suppose.
Freedom of speech only guarantees that you can speak out against your government without them openly punishing you for it.
Private interests can still censor you however they please using any legal means to do so.
And since big corporations are considered people legally, Youtube (owned by Google) is free to censor the content it delivers.
Just like how Google refuses to allow you to put their ad banners on certain kinds of websites. And how Google can outright refuse to list your site's content in search engines if they don't like what you are saying.
While this is true, the fact that after having owned Youtube for multiple years now, they're just now doing this suggests other motives.
Besides, a far better system would be allowing only certain types of ads to display on certain videos if the advertiser doesn't want them to show up on things with specific content, instead of a blanket "all or nothing" system.
But this is Google, and they've done almost noting but consistently fuck with Youtube since they took over, so I don't know what I was expecting.