Reply to post: Re: Getting tired of this "blame the messenger" campaign...

The YouTube crackdown on fake news: Promoting bonkers Florida school shooting conspiracies

Dan 55 Silver badge

Re: Getting tired of this "blame the messenger" campaign...

Why? Because if their AI repeatedly and consistently shows Elsagate stuff to kids or catapults conspiracy theories into prime time then it's crap and not fit for use.

It would probably be much easier and take far fewer employees to pre-emptively moderate kids content and trending videos (i.e. real human beings have to let videos through) than take them down afterwards when the damage has already been done. But they daren't do it because they don't want to be accused of being a publisher, which they obviously are.

People need educating, but that takes a generation or two. What do you think society will look like in 50 years time if social networks continue as they are now?

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