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posted by Fnord666 on Friday August 14 2020, @04:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-picks-what-gets-banned? dept.

YouTube bans videos containing hacked information that could interfere with the election:

As Democrats and Republicans prepare to hold their national conventions starting next week, YouTube on Thursday announced updates to its policies on deceptive videos and other content designed to interfere with the election.

The world's largest video platform, with more than 2 billion users a month, will ban videos containing information that was obtained through hacking and could meddle with elections or censuses. That would include material like hacked campaign emails with details about a candidate. The update follows the announcement of a similar rule that Google, which owns YouTube, unveiled earlier this month banning ads that contain hacked information. Google will start enforcing that policy Sept. 1.

YouTube also said it will take down videos that encourage people to interfere with voting and other democratic processes. For example, videos telling people to create long lines at polling places in order to stifle the vote won't be allowed.

[...] YouTube has also tried to secure its platform from foreign actors. Last week, the company said it banned almost 2,600 channels linked to China as part of investigations into "coordinated influence operations" on the site. YouTube also took down dozens of channels linked to Russia and Iran that had apparent ties to influence campaigns.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 14 2020, @08:16PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 14 2020, @08:16PM (#1036728) Journal

    Show me where YouTube claims to be a public forum.

    A public space owned by the government is just about the work analogy possibly.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @12:29AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @12:29AM (#1036850)

    Youtube opened its gates wide in the early days to gain usershare.

    2006 "Come, come to YouTube. We welcome all. Copyrights and standards are for old people. No, pay no attention to our competitors. Come, come to YouTube"

    2013 "Ok guys, we're implementing automated DMCA requests now. I'm sure you understand."

    2020 "All videos will be actively monitored to meet State Department recommended guidelines and party political requests"

    The speed and alacrity of the turnabout could only be done as shamelessly in silicon valley.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @01:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @01:57AM (#1036890)

      At one time, wasn't their tagline "Broadcast yourself"?

      I don't think they would follow State Department guidelines in 2020. That is a Trump administration division. If Biden wins, then maybe. Currently, they will follow guidelines provided by ownership, within the limits of what influencers on Twitter approve of, and their vocal staff won't walk off for.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @02:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 15 2020, @02:24AM (#1036903)

    Private property open to the public.

    Like a shopping mall, a restaurant, etc...

    It's private property. It's open to the public.