YouTube reveals punishments for channels that post offensive videos

[WYP]

YouTube continues to tighten their rules for creators.



Read more about YouTube's punishments for controversial/harmful YouTubers.

 

[Dawelio]

Well that Logan fella doesn’t seem alright...

 

[VonBlade]

They'll do nothing. PDP got famous through racism and sexism. This [redacted] is still getting masses of revenue. They rely on views to sell ads and controversy creates cash. Like all major corps they'll wait for the heat to die down and go back to how it always is.

 

[notcool]

Youtube still hell bent on destroying itself then.

 

[Dicehunter]

Offense is subjective, There is no universal measurement of offense.
This is a very slippery totalitarian-like slope YouTube are going down.

 

[Fetchez La Vache]

Offense is subjective, There is no universal measurement of offense.
This is a very slippery totalitarian-like slope YouTube are going down.

Youtube will decide what is offensive or not according to their terms of service which they can change at any point, given they are a private company. Users don't get to decide what is or isn't offensive on a private platform, you leave that at the door when you sign up to their terms of service. This isn't totalitarianism, it's caplitalism. You are entirely free to use a different platform with a different terms of service.

 

[Dicehunter]

Youtube will decide what is offensive or not according to their terms of service which they can change at any point, given they are a private company. Users don't get to decide what is or isn't offensive on a private platform, you leave that at the door when you sign up to their terms of service. This isn't totalitarianism, it's caplitalism. You are entirely free to use a different platform with a different terms of service.

Missed the point completely as expected.

What is offensive to 1 person isn't offensive to the next, That's the point.

Don't defend multi billion dollar companies that don't even know you exist, You aren't getting any brownie points for it.

 

[Fetchez La Vache]

Missed the point completely as expected.

What is offensive to 1 person isn't offensive to the next, That's the point.

Don't defend multi billion dollar companies that don't even know you exist, You aren't getting any brownie points for it.

I'm not defending Youtube, I'm pointing out the system in which Youtube operates. It is a private company in a free(ish) market capitalist system, therefore it gets to dictate its terms (provided they don't fall foul of existing legislation which will likely vary region to region) to it's users. Which leaves 2 options - use a different platform or call for a change to government legislation to regulate Youtube. The second of which is rather anti-free market.

 

[notcool]

Youtube will decide what is offensive or not according to their terms of service which they can change at any point, given they are a private company. Users don't get to decide what is or isn't offensive on a private platform, you leave that at the door when you sign up to their terms of service. This isn't totalitarianism, it's caplitalism. You are entirely free to use a different platform with a different terms of service.

It's an American company though which means they have to abide by their first amendment which is to protect free speech. Doesn't matter how big or many billions they're worth they are the laws. If Youtube doesn't like them they can clear off to China or somewhere else. Even Liveleak, which I believe is a UK based website, seems to have less censorship now. Then there's new sites like Bitchute that are up and coming.

 

[Fetchez La Vache]

It's an American company though which means they have to abide by their first amendment which is to protect free speech. Doesn't matter how big or many billions they're worth they are the laws. If Youtube doesn't like them they can clear off to China or somewhere else. Even Liveleak, which I believe is a UK based website, seems to have less censorship now. Then there's new sites like Bitchute that are up and coming.

Nope, the first amendment covers government censorship of free speech and not private companies with terms or services or contracts that you sign when you join. For example, even if this website were based in the US and I were to contravene the terms of service the mods would be well within their rights to ban me, my first amendment rights are not being restricted as I violated a contract. I'm free to break the terms of service, I am not free from the consequences of doing so. Same for employment contracts. If i were to breach my employment contract (which itself must adhere to existing legislation) by shouting derogatory slurs and bringing the company into disrepute they as a private company are within their rights to fire me.

 

[m2geek]

Youtube will decide what is offensive or not according to their terms of service which they can change at any point, given they are a private company. Users don't get to decide what is or isn't offensive on a private platform, you leave that at the door when you sign up to their terms of service. This isn't totalitarianism, it's caplitalism. You are entirely free to use a different platform with a different terms of service.

So few people seem to understand this, then they start going on about Freedom of Expression/Freedom of Speech which makes them look even more ignorant.

 

[Vintage-x]

When ever anyone mentions censorship and free speech being violated etc I will always remember this :

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/749743-xkcd

 

[notcool]

WOW they weren't messing around Youtube has just banned one of my videos (I feel so proud)... too bad it already got 60K views and had been up for 6 months.

Lucky I back up all my videos on Dailymotion and elsewhere... Youtube really does want to destroy itself as I said. It already makes barely any money.