YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting “harmful or ineffective” cancer cures
YouTube starts mass takedowns of videos promoting “harmful or ineffective” cancer cures
It’s attempting to streamline its health moderation policies.
It’s attempting to streamline its health moderation policies.
bout fcking time, I have been reporting fake medical channels to them for literally 10 years and as far as I can tell nothing has been done. But the bad news is that these con artist criminals will just move all their quack content to another video site, and there are plenty to chose from.
Well, there are other places to host videos, but there's nowhere to spread misinformation videos quite as efficiently as on YouTube.
It's not enough to simply be able to upload videos, you need a platform that's happy to push your bullshit onto a large audience of vulnerable viewers, desperate enough to keep them consuming content on the platform that they don't give a shit about moral bankruptcy. YouTube has played that role amazingly for at least a decade now, and it's not going to be easy to replace if they should suddenly start giving a fuck.
The even worse news is that it probably has to do with tech giants taking over healthcare and they’re probably clearing up conflicts of interest so they can formally offer health advice.
It's lip service. They aren't changing shit, but even if they do they'll stop in 6 months once people forget about their commitment.
How about all of the miracle cure and weight loss advertisements using AI voices?
As soon as the clicking profits for YT dips, they will.
Flat earth videos when?
Do flat earthers really hurt anyone though?
Yes. A technological society cannot survive if people don’t support science that keeps it running.
Also most flat earthers are staunch antisemites, because the Jews are hiding the truth of the flat earth.
They should also take down all those chiropractors masquerading as real doctors and giving out medical advice.
The next one they really need to get after is "DIY" videos that tell you to do absolutely insane and dangerous things.
There are so many weird wiring "hack" videos telling you to do all kinds of splicing madness for home wiring, or telling you how to reuse microwave transformers without giving any adequate warning about how deadly it is, or that weird lady who mixes all the household cleaners in her toilet. Or even just the plumbing videos telling you to heat up and force PVC pipes over cast iron/brass if you don't have the proper fitting -- motherfucker what?!
Not to even mention how vital a piece of infrastructure YouTube is to the world of general right wing antifeminist/antitrans bigotry.