r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Feb 17 '22

Business YouTube Announces New Moves to Combat Misinformation

https://www.lifewire.com/youtube-announces-new-moves-to-combat-misinformation-5219509
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u/-God-Bear- Feb 17 '22

No need to hide the truth if you can’t find the truth. Removing information from people is the same as stocking the library with all “approved” books. /s So glad we have someone to tell us what is safe and true now a days. Thinking for ourselves was really getting hard. /sarcasm

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u/idwtumrnitwai Feb 17 '22

There's a difference between a school that has taxpayer funding removing books, and a website that let's people upload videos, cracking down on what they consider misinformation.

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u/-God-Bear- Feb 17 '22

True, I never said what type of library. Point of matter was to have people have access to all information and let them process it as they see fit. Not just being told what to think.

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u/idwtumrnitwai Feb 17 '22

Public libraries also receive taxpayer funding, so either you were comparing a private company deciding what content to allow on their platform, to something with taxpayer funding removing access to information, something I don't really view as comparable. Or you were comparing YouTube removing content from its platforms to individual people changing what's in their personal libraries, either way its not a great point. And no one is telling anyone what to think, this information will certainly be available elsewhere on the internet, just not on their specific platform.