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pepperbear

(5,648 posts)
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 11:59 AM Jun 2021

You tube reinstates RW Watch after banning it

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/youtube-reinstates-channel-devoted-exposing-conservative-extremism-rcna1286?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&utm_content=algorithm

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It attributed the mistake to the large volume of videos on its site. YouTube automates much of the content moderation for the more than 500 hours of content that it says are uploaded every minute, and it said it tries to act quickly when a channel is mistakenly removed.

Right Wing Watch is a project of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group founded in 1981 and based in Washington, D.C. The project had been posting video clips from politicians, preachers and other figures for more than 10 years on YouTube, carving out an audience of about 47,000 subscribers.

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You tube reinstates RW Watch after banning it (Original Post) pepperbear Jun 2021 OP
Nice! Eko Jun 2021 #1
This group does good work LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2021 #2
I thought their removal was suspect.... pepperbear Jun 2021 #3

pepperbear

(5,648 posts)
3. I thought their removal was suspect....
Tue Jun 29, 2021, 03:14 PM
Jun 2021

And I still think youtube's reasoning is flawed, but I'm glad they're back.

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