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(382 posts) Mon Jun 28, 2021, 01:21 PM Jun 2021

YouTube Permanently Bans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspirac [View all]

YouTube Permanently Bans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspiracies

https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtube-permanently-bans-right-wing-watch-a-media-watchdog-devoted-to-exposing-right-wing-conspiracies

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YouTube Permanently Bans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspirac [View all] Person of Interest Jun 2021 OP

Damn, probably was swarmed and couldn't get out of it uponit7771 Jun 2021 #1

We need RW Watch! Budi Jun 2021 #2

What were the "strikes?" Copyright violation for posting clips of the kooks? lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #3

The original Reich Wing content remains on YouTube. Person of Interest Jun 2021 #8

That's explained in the article. soldierant Jun 2021 #56

Thanks; I read the article and it's not actually explained. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #73

Real shame. RW Watch has done great work. Kid Berwyn Jun 2021 #4

I suspect the Qrazies and other zealots went on "alert" sprees... JHB Jun 2021 #5

Terrible but to be expected Sunsky Jun 2021 #6

Another example of right wing "cancel culture." nt thucythucy Jun 2021 #7

This is a bad move by youtube LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #9

YouTube's corporate parent, Google, once had the credo, 'do no evil' EYESORE 9001 Jun 2021 #10

It was a typo. Originally it said, "No, do evil." spudspud Jun 2021 #20

Because covering the crazy is worse than the crazy - How RW thought works ck4829 Jun 2021 #11

Bingo!!! Person of Interest Jun 2021 #12

YouTube vids can be reported as misleading bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #13

Oh, now people are mad about a deplatforming Sympthsical Jun 2021 #14

Whattt??? Right wing watch is a group devoted to exposing right wing nonsense. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #15

The idea that we're ok with corporations telling us what is and is not ok speech Sympthsical Jun 2021 #17

Do you think TFG should not have been banned from Twitter? Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #23

Oh, he should have. He's dangerous and nuts Sympthsical Jun 2021 #25

You are saying that sometimes it is OK for corporations to decide who they will silence, and Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #30

I do think they have a responsibility to platform someone actually dangerous Sympthsical Jun 2021 #33

I think the communication lines above are a bit busted. Lucky Luciano Jun 2021 #46

I do *not* agree with RWW being deplatformed. Sympthsical Jun 2021 #70

Your position on this topic is a libertarian one. summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #63

I'm not dogmatically liberal/progressive in all things Sympthsical Jun 2021 #69

For the most part, I'd advocate for more diverse speech being heard/considered summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #72

Well... ShazzieB Jun 2021 #51

Yes, I agree with all of that. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #57

How is your point any different qazplm135 Jun 2021 #48

Yeah, hate speech is dangerous speech. You want to see blm Jun 2021 #26

And who's determining what is hate speech? Sympthsical Jun 2021 #35

The type that Dylan Roof acted on. blm Jun 2021 #37

+1 Hekate Jun 2021 #38

You're using the most extreme examples possible Sympthsical Jun 2021 #40

Yah, and I've heard.... reACTIONary Jun 2021 #41

Exactly! It isn't going to be the denizens of DU... reACTIONary Jun 2021 #43

It's about truth versus lies and propaganda. If you can't tell the difference, that's on you... Hekate Jun 2021 #36

I think you should research Sympthsical Jun 2021 #39

Have you ever visited the Right Wing Watch site? Do you have any idea what their purpose is? Hekate Jun 2021 #44

I'm much more worried about... reACTIONary Jun 2021 #45

Governments and Crporations work hand in hand, you know, interchangably bad guy/worse guy. marble falls Jun 2021 #52

Being kicked off of you tube is ... reACTIONary Jun 2021 #64

Corporations run jails. They have financial reasons for lobbying against prison reform ... marble falls Jun 2021 #65

Yes, and corporations also run... reACTIONary Jun 2021 #66

For someone who's UnderThisLaw Jun 2021 #42

Yeah you're right hate speech is same as pointing out hate speech speech :rolleyes: uponit7771 Jun 2021 #61

These videos do a good job on exposing RWNJs LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #16

Their videos are often presented without comment. Midnight Writer Jun 2021 #18

Is that the problem? zaj Jun 2021 #21

This seems like a giant mistake. zaj Jun 2021 #19

By the looks of the comments here... BlueLucy Jun 2021 #68

These RWNJs are scary LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #22

Was it because of this report? FakeNoose Jun 2021 #24

I built an extensive playlist of Reich Wing videos Person of Interest Jun 2021 #53

WTF? But Youtube continues to allow the conspiracy nut videos! SunSeeker Jun 2021 #27

All the hate speech is OK but calling it out isn't?? WTF Evolve Dammit Jun 2021 #28

For those with Twitter they should object to this JI7 Jun 2021 #29

Booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Initech Jun 2021 #31

so time to flip the script - bar all politico-religious BS, and enjoy the deafening silence... bringthePaine Jun 2021 #32

YouTube has been on a purge spree for the past year, and 'bad words' or images get a flag. TheBlackAdder Jun 2021 #34

Channels can get locked for violations in previously deleted content 0rganism Jun 2021 #49

Under those standards, surely foxnews youtube channel is next Mr. Sparkle Jun 2021 #47

It looks like YouTube has bought into a 'both sides do it' approach for yanking. So Google's likely ancianita Jun 2021 #50

+1, ... along with a couple of DU members uponit7771 Jun 2021 #62

I never watched RWW on YouTube. Grins Jun 2021 #54

Hopefully RWW continues uploading content to Vimeo and add Daily Motion as another video aggregation Person of Interest Jun 2021 #55

Apparently they have been using Vimeo while suspended. soldierant Jun 2021 #58

Have you run across the Anti-Defamation League's Pyramid of Hate? summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #59

"YouTube Bans and then Unbans..." Iggo Jun 2021 #60

The article says they were unbanned today. tblue37 Jun 2021 #67

Ah yes, permanently. Dr. Strange Jun 2021 #71