YouTube’s Sky News Australia suspension ‘disturbing’ assault on freedom of thought

DaisyDay · Aug 1, 2021

Wow, from the rhetoric in the OP you would think SkyNews were permabanned - but it's only for one week.

SkyNews could respect the TOS and avoid the time-out.

Sky News Australia says suspended from YouTube for one week

Reuters said:
MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Sky News Australia said on Sunday it has been temporarily suspended by the video-sharing site YouTube following the platform's review of content for compliance with its COVID-19 policies.

Spreading disinformation like the plague. Pity the poor conservative!

pitabread · Aug 1, 2021

chilehed said:
If you're suggesting that YouTube should be stripped of the legal protections afforded platforms because it's actually a publisher, then I'm inclined to agree. However, YouTube's expended a lot of effort positioning itself as a platform in order to have those protections, and it can't be both a platform and a publisher.

If you're referring to Section 230, said protections have nothing to do with requiring content platforms to let content through unfettered. On the contrary, Section 230 includes protections that allows platforms like YouTube to moderate content.

You can read more about it here: Section 230 - Wikipedia

Hans Blaster · Aug 1, 2021

Desk trauma said:
If only the poor oppressed things had some place online where they can publish their content, like a website of their very own.

Is that even possible? Can a news media outlet even make a website? Imagine the censorship that would occur if wordpress cut off the NY Times access to the internet. The horrors. They'd have to rely on their own webpage (nytimes.com). Cats and dogs living together. It's the end of the world as we know it. (And I feel fine).

Blade · Aug 1, 2021

JustSomeBloke said:
I wish I could say I'm surprised that YouTube suspended Sky News Australia, but I'm not.

YouTube’s Sky News Australia suspension ‘disturbing’ assault on freedom of thought

First they came for Trump and other conservatives. Then they came for fringe and non-mainstream news sites. Finally, they have come for large, mainstream news sites.

This is what fascism looks like in the internet age. When Big-Tech censored Trump, it was the canary in the coal mine, but nobody was paying attention, and least of all the mainstream news, who didn't like Trump anyway. Now absolutely everyone who doesn't obey the Big-Tech covid dictators is a target. Conform, or Big-Tech will pull the plug on you.

Well right now there is no one to stop them. We all know some story that was fact true where someone got taken off Twitter or face book and youtube. Praise God you can to go other places now and say all you want RIGHT or LEFT and.. yeah.. not banned.

bèlla · Aug 1, 2021

No one’s entitled to a place at the table on social media platforms. You don’t own the site. If you post materials they deem questionable there may be consequences.

You have the liberty of creating content on the site you own to distribute your message. If you opt to play in someone’s sandbox you can’t complain when things don’t go your way.

~bella

royal priest · Aug 1, 2021

Desk trauma said:
If only the poor oppressed things had some place online where they can publish their content, like a website of their very own.

The concern here isn't so much who is being banned, it's the reason behind it. They say it's because of misinformation, but that itself is misinformation. The real reason they ban content is because it doesn't support specific narratives.
For instance, this was proved when Candace Owens mimicked a tweet from Sarah Jeong. But instead of mentioning white men, Candace mentioned black and Twitter banned her for almost the exact same tweet. Fortunately, for Sarah, humiliating white men fits today's narrative.

Desk trauma · Aug 1, 2021

royal priest said:
The concern here isn't so much who is being banned, it's the reason behind it. They say it's because of misinformation, but that itself is misinformation. The real reason they ban content is because it doesn't support specific narratives.
For instance, this was proved when Candace Owens mimicked a tweet from Sarah Jeong. Instead mentioning white men, Candace mentioned black and Twitter banned her for almost the exact same tweet. Fortunately, for Sarah, humiliating white men fits today's narrative.

For the sake of argument let’s go with YouTube being totally dishonest about why they banned them, so what? It’s their site, they get to do that.

FireDragon76 · Aug 1, 2021

chilehed said:
If you're suggesting that YouTube should be stripped of the legal protections afforded platforms because it's actually a publisher, then I'm inclined to agree. However, YouTube's expended a lot of effort positioning itself as a platform in order to have those protections, and it can't be both a platform and a publisher.

I think social media should be held alot more responsible for what gets posted on their websites. They are feeding a dangerous culture war that is tearing apart our societies in liberal democracies.

royal priest · Aug 1, 2021

Desk trauma said:
So?

He who controls the narrative controls the people.
We are witnessing the removal of all potential opposition one party at a time.

cow451 · Aug 1, 2021

royal priest said:
Censoring Conservatives is tolerant?

What government is censoring Sky News?

Desk trauma · Aug 1, 2021

royal priest said:
He who controls the narrative controls the people.
We are witnessing the removal of all potential opposition one party at a time.

By removed we are talking about removed from YouTube and left to languish with nothing more than their own 24 cable news channel , broadcast channels in every major Australian and New Zealand market as well as their own website (that streams their content no YouTube needed)to put out their narrative on.

cow451 · Aug 1, 2021

royal priest said:
He who controls the narrative controls the people.
We are witnessing the removal of all potential opposition one party at a time.

No “we” are not unless you are in Russia or CHY-na.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · Aug 1, 2021

Ignatius the Kiwi said:
You mean stop lying? All big media lies, Fox, CNN, MSNBC. That comes with the business of political commentary. Commentary on anything really.

I looked up You tube Sky news. And the You tube is suspending them for being liars. I don't believe news should lie. And they should be held accountable.

Tanj · Aug 1, 2021

Just for the record...

Sky strengthens regional reach, former PM issues 'polarisation' warning

They are now the primary news service for most of regional Australia.

But banned for a week from youtube. The horror! The horror!

Ignatius the Kiwi · Aug 1, 2021

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:
I looked up You tube Sky news. And the You tube is suspending them for being liars. I don't believe news should lie. And they should be held accountable.

Then Youtube has a lot of accounts to suspend if lies are no longer tolerated.

CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN · Aug 1, 2021

Ignatius the Kiwi said:
Then Youtube has a lot of accounts to suspend if lies are no longer tolerated.

Good.

HARK! · Aug 1, 2021

Fr. Appletree · Aug 1, 2021

Desk trauma said:
Freedom of the press does not include being entitled to the use of others presses.

Then these must be admitted to be presses and lose their status of content platforms. In the US that means no section 230.

Fr. Appletree · Aug 1, 2021

Desk trauma said:
For the sake of argument let’s go with YouTube being totally dishonest about why they banned them, so what? It’s their site, they get to do that.

In the same way when coal companies own a town, they should be able to kill or arrest people standing in their streets saying things the company doesn't like.

Wow.

Desk trauma · Aug 1, 2021

Fr. Appletree said:
In the same way when coal companies own a town, they should be able to kill or arrest people standing in their streets saying things the company doesn't like.

Wow.

When you get past the absurd comparisons Ill be here.

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