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In response to "if they knowingly host it on their platform? sure -- nm" by hollywood big shot

“Knowingly”? Millions of hours get uploaded every day. They don’t know. That’s the point of Section 230. Someone tells them, they’ll act.

Posted by Mop (aka rburriel) Mar 20 '23, 10:13

You’re saying YouTube should review everything before publishing it?

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if you can (over)do it for copyright, you can do it for hate speech and scammers -- nm - hollywood big shot Mar 20, 10:18 6
- I can see them using algorithms for copyright because content matching. How do you content match against “bitcoin” or “nazi”? - Mop Mar 20, 10:19 5
  - You incentivize Alphabet to come up with a way. (I don't have a position on s.320, but this is how) -- nm - Roger More Mar 20, 10:26 4
    - Plus, the algorithms used by Alphabet, Meta, etc have a clear outcome of guiding people down the rabbit-hole. - Roger More Mar 20, 10:30 3
      - This is why I think we just need to have regulation specifically about algorithmic recommendations. You can keep S230 in place with targeted - oblique Mar 20, 10:34 2
        
        *creates an algorithm to game the regulation of its algorithms* -- nm - Social media companies, probably Mar 20, 10:41
        
        I’d like more transparency on the algorithm, yes. Although they’d argue that this is their secret sauce that makes them more successful. - Mop Mar 20, 10:36

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