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| station240:
The real problem is Youtube's lazy keyword matching, especially when combined with automatic subtitling. There is no consideration of context. To give an example, youtubers are too scared to use the word "trump" in their videos, as youtube only assumes they are talking about the orange haired one, and not the phrase "X trumps Y" There are some really hilarious ones, like "focus ring" being mis-heard as something sexual by youtube's bots, so camera review videos become porn. Both of these are the result of not taking context into account, one word should not be enough to trigger the filters, especially if many other harmless terms have been used. Thing is, google know full well words can have multiple meanings given context, their search engine wouldn't work without knowing that. |
| scatterandfocus:
Youtube seems most unfriendly toward youtubers who have anything critical to say of corporations and their products and western governments. Just 2 of many political youtubers who have experienced the gamut of measures that youtube will take are Jimmy Dore and Lee Camp. And it definitely is not only political youtubers who experience some of the gamut. It all leans very heavily toward youtube controlling an overall narrative by promoting those youtubers who are compliant with corporate and western government agendas. In other words, $$$ Those youtubers who promote products through no bad reviews and promote western agendas through no dissent seem to be who youtube wants leading the pack. If you are a nice neutral khaki, you probably have nothing to worry about. |
| tooki:
--- Quote from: SparkyFX on August 13, 2019, 10:00:22 am ---Then there is also: Some "influencers" have been cease-and-desist-ed in Germany for not declaring product placement --- End quote --- It was just in the news here in Switzerland about some Instagram influencer who got an official warning from the Swiss federal customs administration for violating the liquor advertising laws for posting a picture of herself with a gin and tonic. Apparently, if it’s even tangentially related to any kind of sponsorship or whatnot, it’s “advertising” and thus the laws apply, and they are absurd. I understand not wanting to market to kids, and to a certain extent (though nowhere near as much as the federal customs administration) avoiding lifestyle marketing. But they go much too far, and above all, it’s only for distilled spirits, not wine and beer. As a cocktail drinker who doesn’t particularly care for wine or beer, it’s legitimately unfair that a shop can advertise a sale on beer or wine, but not on spirits. (They literally cannot even write “sale!” on a shelf tag!) |
| BBBbbb:
Interesting: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/man-agrees-to-pay-25000-for-abusing-youtubes-takedown-system/ --- Quote ---A Nebraska man has agreed to pay $25,000 for abusing YouTube's takedown system under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, YouTube said in an emailed statement Tuesday. The man, Christopher Brady, also signed a public apology admitting to "falsely claiming that material uploaded by YouTube users infringed my copyrights." --- End quote --- |
| coppice:
--- Quote from: BBBbbb on October 16, 2019, 06:39:44 am ---Interesting: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/man-agrees-to-pay-25000-for-abusing-youtubes-takedown-system/ --- Quote ---A Nebraska man has agreed to pay $25,000 for abusing YouTube's takedown system under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, YouTube said in an emailed statement Tuesday. The man, Christopher Brady, also signed a public apology admitting to "falsely claiming that material uploaded by YouTube users infringed my copyrights." --- End quote --- --- End quote --- If he's a lone troublemaker I guess $25000 is a serious punishment. If he was acting for interests that are trying to suppress people on YouTube its too light a punishment to have any effect. Take down notices kill the view count for videos, even if the video is restored after a day or two. A large part of the total view count occurs in the first day or two, especially for topical material. |
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