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Youtube Targetting Cryptocurrency Channels?
nctnico:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on December 27, 2019, 01:41:26 pm ---Probably because "girls dressed sexy" includes a lot of content, just that she stands out because the intersection with "DIY electronics" is incredibly tiny. Also, some entertainment companies are getting away with that sort of content, which individual content creators aren't too happy about:
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That comparison is not going to fly. Music videos and other 'commercial' content has already been censored / rated and thus can be assumed to be safe.
Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: nali on December 28, 2019, 11:09:44 am ---Looks like YT have now admitted their mistake...
YouTube admits error over Bitcoin video purge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50924494
--- Quote ---YouTube said in a statement that it had "made the wrong call" and confirmed that any content mistakenly removed would be restored.
"With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call," it said.
"When it's brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it."
It said there had been no changes to its polices, and insisted there would be "no penalty" to any channels that were affected by the incident.
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There are so many lies in their statement it's not funny.
Bud:
"Making the wrong call" and "mistakenly remove" are not the same thing, aren't they.
Halcyon:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on December 28, 2019, 05:15:41 am ---Is it just me or is Rossmann now the go-to channel for cat videos?
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No, I think Mike Jeavons still is the authority.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on December 28, 2019, 11:21:17 am ---
--- Quote from: nali on December 28, 2019, 11:09:44 am ---Looks like YT have now admitted their mistake...
YouTube admits error over Bitcoin video purge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50924494
--- Quote ---YouTube said in a statement that it had "made the wrong call" and confirmed that any content mistakenly removed would be restored.
"With the massive volume of videos on our site, sometimes we make the wrong call," it said.
"When it's brought to our attention that a video has been removed mistakenly, we act quickly to reinstate it."
It said there had been no changes to its polices, and insisted there would be "no penalty" to any channels that were affected by the incident.
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There are so many lies in their statement it's not funny.
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They still don't say what triggered this targeted purge of crypto content.
That leaves us to ponder that it's either:
1) AI that has gone beserk on it's own with no input from humans. If so, why and how did it do so?
2) AI that has gone beserk based on some form of input or change from humans. If so, the question still remains why target crypto?
3) It was a high up policy decision made either internally, or forced on them by external actors. Cue the conspiracy theory music. If this is the case then my guess would be that external actors want pressure put on crypto and Youtube said "We'll try it and see what the backlash is". Once they saw the extreme heat, they backed down.
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