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Google Begins Biggest Crackdown on Extremist YouTube Videos
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 12:20:07 -0400
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: August 25, 2017 at 11:19:36 AM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Google Begins Biggest Crackdown on Extremist YouTube Videos Google Begins Biggest Crackdown on Extremist YouTube Videos https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-24/google-rolls-out-its-biggest-crackdown-on-youtube-hate-speech Starting on Thursday, Google will police YouTube like it never has before, adding warnings and disabling advertising on videos that the company determines crosses its new threshold for offensive content. YouTube isn't removing the selected videos, but is instead setting new restrictions on viewing, sharing and making money on them. A note detailing the changes will go to producers of the affected videos on Thursday, according to a spokeswoman for the Alphabet Inc. company. Google outlined these moves in June, but the implementation comes as debate about extremism and political speech is front-and-center in the national spotlight -- and when tech giants like Google and Facebook Inc. face deeper scrutiny over how they moderate information distributed through their digital services. "These videos will have less engagement and be harder to find," Kent Walker, Google's general counsel, wrote about the plans in a June blog post. "This strikes the right balance between free expression and access to information without promoting extremely offensive viewpoints." A Google spokeswoman declined to comment further on the changes.
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