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Machine learning algorithms are now involved in the bulk of video removal from YouTube. ~80% of videos removed by YouTube in Q4 2017 were initially flagged by a computer, with many receiving less than 10 views before removal:
The vast majority of videos removed from YouTube toward the end of last year for violating the site's content guidelines had first been detected by machines instead of humans, the Google-owned company said on Monday. YouTube said it took down 8.28 million videos during the fourth quarter of 2017, and about 80 percent of those videos had initially been flagged by artificially intelligent computer systems.
The new data highlighted the significant role machines — not just users, government agencies and other organizations — are taking in policing the service as it faces increased scrutiny over the spread of conspiracy videos, fake news and violent content from extremist organizations. Those videos are sometimes promoted by YouTube's recommendation system and unknowingly financed by advertisers, whose ads are placed next to them through an automated system.
[...] Betting on improvements in artificial intelligence is a common Silicon Valley approach to dealing with problematic content; Facebook has also said it is counting on A.I. tools to detect fake accounts and fake news on its platform. But critics have warned against depending too heavily on computers to replace human judgment.
Also at Recode.
Previously:
Google Fails to Stop Major Brands From Pulling Ads From YouTube
AI Beating Mechanical Turks at YouTube Censorship Accuracy
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(Score: 4, Informative) by snufu on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:05AM (10 children)
Any video referencing a censorship free alternative to Youtube.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:12AM (7 children)
That'd be quite a trick. The bandwidth and hardware costs for that sort of startup are way the hell out of the reach of your average Joe and even most corporations. The only one I can think of off hand who already has anything of similar scale up and going is PornHub and they'd at the very least need another domain and new code.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday April 25 2018, @01:44AM (1 child)
One of the other webmasters said he gets a good steady income from his own.
I asked Bonita about this and she thought our very own pr0nsite would be just dandy. Actually she was heavily into it.
Perhaps because at the time we were busted flat with no prospects of somehow becoming unbusted.
But I decided not to do because Bonita's parents are very, very religious. If they ever found out Bonita's mom would likely cast herself into the sea.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 25 2018, @01:55AM
Getting a steady income from one ain't the same as having the infrastructure to be able to host tons of videos that get millions of hits the first week they're up.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by The Vocal Minority on Wednesday April 25 2018, @01:08PM (2 children)
A couple from my bookmarks, I'm sure there are more:
https://d.tube/ [d.tube]
https://www.bitchute.com/ [bitchute.com]
Been around for a few months now at least.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday April 25 2018, @01:58PM (1 child)
Sure but could they handle YouTube class loads?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by The Vocal Minority on Thursday April 26 2018, @01:55PM
No idea but seems to be holding up well so far, and there are quite a few videos on there now. Watched a wacky Davids Ickes video on one of them after posting my previous message.
(Score: 2) by chromas on Wednesday April 25 2018, @09:47PM
There wonder what happened to Khyber. I heard he could support 400TB/s of streaming video. Maybe he could start something.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @04:48PM
demand decentralized and F/OSS! LBRY [lbry.io]
(Score: 5, Insightful) by MostCynical on Wednesday April 25 2018, @12:29AM
Also, any video trashing any major advertiser
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday April 25 2018, @10:26AM
I don't like your comment -.-
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