YouTube bans videos that “maliciously insult” people based on their race, gender, or sex, and will remove some of Steven Crowder's videos targeting Carlos Maza
The change comes after controversy around a right-wing comedian's homophobic slurs aimed at a gay Latino journalist.
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Discussion
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Shirin Ghaffary
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6 months after a major public controversy, YouTube is changing its anti-harassment policies
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@charlesarthur
Charles Arthur
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Looking forward to lots of YouTube chinstroking on what crosses the line of “maliciously insult” and what is just “insult”. https://twitter.com/...
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@youtube
@youtube
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We believe in people having the freedom to express opinions, including negative or controversial ones, but many creators have told us that we need to do a better job to prevent harassment on You Tube, so we took a close look at our current community guidelines... https://twitter.…
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@alexhern
Hern
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YouTube has rewritten its harassment policy to finally address the Stephen Crowder Problem: what happens when you spend years never quite crossing the line, and make someone's life hell in the process? https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...
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@youtube
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...and with input from experts and creators, we made changes to our harassment policy to better protect both creators and users from abuse, while still allowing for freedom of expression to promote vigorous debate. More details here https://youtube.googleblog.com/ ...
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@ytcreators
@ytcreators
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Many of you have told us we need to do a better job preventing harassment on YouTube, so we consulted with a wide array of creators, experts and organizations to update our harassment policy, which changed today https://youtube.googleblog.com/ .... ⬇️Here's what it covers:
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@martinsfp
Martin Sfp Bryant
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Well they took their time on this one, but... https://twitter.com/...
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@davidmackau
David Mack
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massive (and shockingly belated) win here for my talented friend @gaywonk https://www.buzzfeed.com/...
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@markdistef
Mark Di Stefano
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YouTube has also specifically looked at whether Donald Trump repeatedly insulting Elizabeth Warren by calling her “Pocahontas” would violate the new policies. The answer? No...... https://www.buzzfeed.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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YouTube's changes to its anti-harassment policy ban video creators from insulting one another on basis of race, gender expression, or sexual orientation — even if person they are insulting is a popular creator, celeb, politician, or other public figure https://www.theverge.com/..…