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Title: YouTube gun ban drives bloggers to PornHub
Source:
BBC
URL Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43500714
Published: Mar 22, 2018
Author: BBC
Post Date: 2018-03-22 14:03:14 by Willie Green
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Views: 1760
Comments: 14
YouTube has banned videos that show people how to manufacture or modify guns and their accessories. It had already banned videos linked to the sale of guns and accessories. Many firearms enthusiasts noticed that some of their videos had been removed from the video-sharing website and some had their channels suspended. Prominent gun video-bloggers said the move was an erosion of US citizens' rights, and some said they would move their content to PornHub instead. YouTube's policies now prohibit videos that: The change was met with anger from some videomakers who modify guns and show off their creations as a hobby. Karl Kasarda and Ian McCollum, who run the gun review site InRangeTV, said they had started posting their videos on Facebook and pornography site PornHub. "We will not be seeking any monetisation from PornHub... we are merely looking for a safe harbour for our content and for our viewers," the pair said in a statement. Firearms manufacturer Spike's Tactical said the change reflected attempts to "slowly chip away at our freedoms and erode our rights". Videomaker Joerg Sprave said he appreciated YouTube was "now defining their guidelines" more clearly. But he said the change had been introduced without a transitional period. "Many gun channels must now be afraid," he told news site Motherboard. "They should at least get some time to clean up their videos so the new rules are kept." On Tuesday, YouTube was criticised after the Sun newspaper found step-by-step instructions on how to build an air rifle on YouTube Kids, the company's app for children. Despite being designed for children, its content is curated by algorithms. Inappropriate videos have repeatedly slipped through the net. In February, the BBC's Newsround programme found instructions on how to sharpen knives on YouTube Kids. At the time, YouTube said it had a variety of processes in place to try to prevent inappropriate material appearing on its platforms. Poster Comment:
InRangeTV has moved some of its videos to PornHub
In one light-hearted video, Joerg Sprave makes a weapon that fires pencilsUnsuitable for children
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Willie, seriously -- what's your opinion on Social Media monopolies that selectively censor freedoms and truths based solely on ideology? Doesn't it reek exactly of what JR did over at FR? (Fall in line OR ELSE!)
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Be Regulated, Here’s Why http://www.independentsentinel.com/facebooks-mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-be- regulated-heres-why/
They must have quickly removed that link; OTHER leftist sites again covering for one another. Buy yes, I know -- Zuckerberg begging to be regulated NOW would mean others (like conservative Social Media Outlets) will have a hard time jumping through feral hoops and invading his "turf." What a typical weaselly Commie-Leftist. He's got HIS now and that's all that matters.
#13. To: Liberator (#5)
It's still up... Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Be Regulated, Here’s Why By S.Noble - March 22, 2018 1 Share So-called victim Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook regulated after the overblown crisis that has arisen over the use of Facebook member data by Cambridge Analytica. Analytica is tied to the wealthy conservative Mercers and, at one point, Steve Bannon. That is the only reason people care that they mined data of people without their knowledge. No one is talking about Barack Obama doing the exact same thing in 2012. IJR reported that Carol Davidson, former director of integration and media analytics for Obama for America [OFA], said Facebook discovered their campaign was misusing Facebook to massively mine user data by “sucking out the whole social graph.” They allowed it because they agreed with OFA. Like Cambridge Analytica, Obama for America was able to look at a user’s friend list once they applied for the Obama campaign. The campaign then used the data to append their email list. It was called “targeted sharing.” An insider at Facebook named Sandy Parakilas told the Guardian he found it “horrifying” that numerous companies deployed these techniques used by Analytica, possibly affecting hundreds of millions of Facebook users. It wasn’t only Cambridge or OFA mining data, it was numerous companies. Between 2011 and 2012, Parakilas was one of the software engineers policing possible third-party breaches. He found these flaws and warned the senior management they risked serious breaches. No one cared. So why would Zuckerberg want Facebook and other social media platforms regulated? For one thing, he has plenty of money and doesn’t have to worry about financial security, but, still, why do it? Reason.com has the answer — it locks in his position. Zuckerberg is pushing for regulation. “The question,” he told Wired‘s Nicholas Thompson, “isn’t ‘Should there be regulation or shouldn’t there be?’ It’s ‘How do you do it?'” On CNN, he said, “I actually am not sure we shouldn’t be regulated. I think in general technology is an increasingly important trend in the world. I think the question is more what is the right regulation rather than ‘yes or no should we be regulated?'” WHY WOULD ZUCKERBERG WANT REGULATION? Reason’s Nick Gillespie writes: …Zuckerberg is using these incidents as a way to cement Facebook’s centrality in a radically volatile social-media landscape. He has been losing younger users. Zuckerberg knows what happened to MySpace and Friendster. They disappeared and he could too. If he supports it and even embraces and shapes the regulation, it will ensure his longevity. It will also ensure more censorship. Censorship Facebook is currently guaranteeing only real news will appear on the pages and so is Google. The real news to them is mainstream fake news. Keep in mind that the left always wants to censor the right in the media. It’s not the other way around. Make no mistake, regulation will further limit Conservative and Libertarian influence on Facebook. Cambridge Analytica is being made into a criminal organization that did something unusual and took advantage of poor Zuckerberg. The algorithm changes have disproportionately harmed conservative publishers, tech website The Outline concluded in a lengthy report earlier in March. Conservative and right-wing publishers “were hit the hardest” by the algorithm change, the report found, “while the engagement numbers of most predominantly liberal publishers remained unaffected.” Do believe the right is being censored — check out my graph since the censorship algorithm has been employed on Facebook. Zuckerberg didn’t care at all when Organizing for America and other left-wing groups mined data. He’s not being honest here. Related Facebook Let OFA Data Mine Millions Since They Were "on Obama's Side" March 20, 2018 In "Home"
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#2. To: Liberator (#1)
Willie, seriously -- what's your opinion on Social Media monopolies that selectively censor freedoms and truths based solely on ideology?
#5. To: CZ82 (#2)
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Replies to Comment # 5. They must have quickly removed that link; OTHER leftist sites again covering for one another.
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