It means the same as it meant for X and Facebook. Allowing hate speech against minorities currently being targeted by the American government (mostly Latin immigrants and LGBTQ+, especially trans, people as well as racism and sexism in general), in exchange for dropping investigations against them. They’ll lose a small percentage of users, but get to maintain their monopoly powers, privacy violations, and other illegal activities.
YouTube will “protect free expression” by pulling back on content moderation
Submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.zip
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irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
mesitoispro@ttrpg.network 10 months ago
Do you consider referring to a trans woman as a man to be hate speech?
AlexLost@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’ll believe it when I see it. This sounds like lip service to their user base while actually appeasing their overlords.
limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Hoping for the best, expecting attacks on science while still demonetizing videos talking about climate change in geography
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
FINALLY! I STILL won’t be Able to Curse but will STILL be able to Upload Nearly Naked Children at the Beach!