YouTube Censors Reality, Boosts Disinformation: Part 1
There are plenty more of these. If you want to widen the criticism to Google, these Russian disinformation stories still pop up high in searches (see here, here, here, here, and here, for instance). YouTube and Google now become exhibit A in the ultimate truth about any attempt to moderate content at scale. If you make even a good-faith effort to weed out disinformation, relying on official bodies to help, what you ll be left with is& official disinformation.
But this isn t a good-faith effort to weed out untruths. YouTube has become a place that censors true content but traffics in official and quasi-official deceptions. It s become indistinguishable from a state censorship bureau. If they feel they re right about their decisions, they should be happy to explain themselves to people me. Until then, they can expect more love letters from this address.
Matt Taibbi.