Subj : Censorship
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Richard Miles
Date : Wed Sep 29 2021 01:34 pm

On 29 Sep 2021, Wilfred van Velzen said the following...

Wv> They could have chosen to just mark those vids as misinformation.

Agreed. I prefer this approach.

Wv> No they can't, they have to stick to the law.
Wv>

Depends on the country I guess. In the US, they are sticking to the law. Censorship and the first amendment apply to federal, state and local government, not private companies. Those private companies can still be sued or face other consequences such as loss of business, etc.

Personally I'm in favor of restricting corporate censorship but for now they are entirely within the law here. In the long run I think that businesses such as Facebook and Youtube, that are allowed to censor stuff, bleed over into public policy.

Where does the line get drawn though?

Child pornography? Rape videos, vaccine misinformation, racist videos?

Wv> And who are those people that make the judgement on the videos? Are they
Wv> medical professionals? Is there an appeal procedure?

I seriously doubt it (about being medical professionals). As far as I know it can be appealed. Youtube, for instance, allows for appealing it. As far as I know so do the other social media platforms. I don't use them enough to really know the correct answer for that.

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