Google Begins Biggest Crackdown on Extremist YouTube Videos

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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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
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> 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
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>      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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