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YouTube strengthens its Rules About critical
Conspiracy Theories, Especially QAnon Content
October 18, 2020 Updated: 1 hour ago
YouTube has shared an announcement of the new update about rules around hate speech. The focus rules on decreasing the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories and especially QAnon that have caused some read-world violent incidents.
According to YouTube:
“Today we’re further expanding both our hate and harassment policies to prohibit content that targets an individual or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify real-world violence. One example would be content that threatens or harasses someone by suggesting they are complicit in one of these harmful conspiracies, such as QAnon or Pizzagate.”
This update came after Facebook toughened the stance against content about QAnon, considering the developing danger of the group and its activity. As Facebook’s move went a bit further, in that it will witness the removal of all Instagram accounts, Pages and groups on Facebook that represents QAnon.
YouTube has left some room for exemption in its updated process:
“As always, context matters, so news coverage on these issues or content discussing them without targeting individuals or protected groups may stay up. We will begin enforcing this updated policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come.”
This is the newest identification from the giant social media platforms that helping in that matter that can lead to danger in the real life. And as YouTube has stopped of a complete ban on all content related to QAnon. The new measurement will see more restrictions of the group that will restrict its impact.
Also, YouTube stated that it has already reduced much of discussion about QAnon. A couple of years ago, YouTube decreased the reach of dangerous misinformation by its ‘Up Next’ suggestion. It stated that has resulted in a 70% decline in views comes from discovery and search systems.
“In fact, when we looked at QAnon content, we saw the number of views that come from non-subscribed recommendations to prominent Q-related channels dropped by over 80% since January 2019. Additionally, we’ve removed tens of thousands of QAnon-videos and terminated hundreds of channels under our existing policies, particularly those that explicitly threaten violence or deny the existence of major violent events.”
Therefore, there are still channels that are known as ‘Q-related’ that will not be deleted after this new update.
It seems strange, We do understand the stance of YouTube in this matter, and it will just plan to delete content that targets a group or individual. However, part of the problem with QAnon, and other moves, they have been permitted to begin as harmless chatter, and have extended from there into serious and concerning movements.
You could dispute, earlier, that no one knew that QAnon would see this increase in what it has. However, we do this currently. Therefore, why let any of it stay?
Also, the QAnon case is highlighting the need for social media platforms to interest official warnings back in this matter. And that in order to stop the activity of these groups before they have real traction. Specialists have been alerting the giant social platforms about the danger of the QAnon for several years, but now they are only looking to seriously limit the discussion.
MORE:
https://www.digitalmarketnews.com/youtube-strengthens-its-rules-about-critical-conspiracy-theories-especially-qanon-content/
shit's going Critical, 'Splosions!
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Why did this take so long? Now, If we are admitting the danger caused by these groups, will that drive to evolved action against such sorts of misinformation, and before they can become more dangerous too, and pose a real threat?
The social platforms are planning on tackling any conspiracy theory of COVID-19 and now any anti-vax groups are facing stronger restrictions. What about climate change conspiracy theories and movements about counter science? Aren’t they also a serious risk? Would ‘flat earthers’ in the end expand in more threatening risk? Would ‘flat earth’ movements expand into the more serious territory? Is there any danger in permitting any content against science to increase?
For the most part, it looks like the companies are still functioning in retrospect, and waiting for these movements to be an issue before taking any action.
In some situations, they need to wait and consider them ‘innocent till proven guilty’. However, again, analysts highlighted concerns around QAnon after a follower of them walked into a pizza restaurant in Washington in 2016 and was seeking to investigate what is happening inside himself, and he was armed with a semi-automatic rifle.
How do you define danger, in this sense, is hard yet it seems obvious that more would be done, and more active would be taken. Would that restrict free speech? With that limit users from what they can share? Should they be banned? Maybe with the developing change limit these movements, we will see a shift in approach to such warnings.
https://www.digitalmarketnews.com/youtube-strengthens-its-rules-about-critical-conspiracy-theories-especially-qanon-content/
Steve Bannon Claims Joe Biden's Son Tried to Recover
Hard Drive Amid Russian Interference Concerns
BY DAVID BRENNAN ON 10/18/20 AT 6:35 AM EDT
Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to President Donald Trump, has claimed that Hunter Biden emailed a computer repair shop to reclaim a hard drive now at the center of an FBI probe into Russian disinformation.
The New York Post this week detailed alleged conversations between Hunter—the son of Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden—and an executive at Ukrainian gas company Burisma, on whose board Hunter previously served.
The Post cited emails reportedly found on a hard drive supplied by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has long been involved in Trump's political machinations in Ukraine and has reportedly been flagged by U.S. officials as a potential conduit for Russian government disinformation.
One of the released emails shows Hunter was planning to introduce Burisma executive Vadym Pozharsky to Biden—then vice president—in 2015. Pozharsky wrote to Hunter: "Dear Hunter, thank you for inviting me to DC and giving an opportunity to meet your father and spent some time together. It's realty an honour and pleasure."
Trump and his allies have seized on the email as evidence that Biden misused his position to benefit his son, though it is not clear if Pozharsky and Biden ever actually met. Biden has said he "never discussed" Hunter's foreign business interests with him.
Bannon told Sky News Sunday: "Hunter Biden's lawyer has come to us both with phone calls and with emails saying, 'Hey, I've got to get the hard drive back.'"
"This is not some Russian intelligence operation; they admit it's their hard drive," Bannon said. "We have the emails from the lawyer, if we need to release them, we'll release them."
MORE AT LINK:
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-joe-hunter-biden-hard-drive-1540085
Column: Pandering to the fringe
Candidates are cozying up to extremist groups that traffic in wild conspiracies, racist rhetoric and images of violence
By MICHAEL SMOLENS COLUMNIST
OCT. 18, 2020 5 AM
In San Diego’s East County, Republican and Democratic congressional candidates court a group that peddles in conspiracy theories, racist talk and images of violence.
In Georgia, Republican U.S. Senate candidates vie for the endorsement of a congressional hopeful known for spreading baseless conspiracy theories from the mysterious group QAnon.
In the White House, the president of the United States also advances the fantastical QAnon tales and encourages anti-government extremists at protests.
It boggles the mind how strange and potentially dangerous this year has become.
In 2020, fringe groups have entered mainstream politics and, given that, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that people running for office — mostly Republicans — are currying their favor.
In the 50th Congressional District, Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar and Republican Darrell Issa participated in separate taped interviews with the leader of Defend East County, a Facebook group that was organized after two banks were burned to the ground and businesses were looted in La Mesa following a May protest.
The group’s online page says members want to protect their cities, but “it’s also a place where conspiracy theories, racist banter and calls for violence persist,” according to an in-depth look at Defend East County by Andrew Dyer of The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Facebook conversations in Defend East County sometimes become heated and, despite stated rules against it, racist. Videos of counterprotesters in other cities punching and kicking Black Lives Matter protesters received hundreds of “likes” on the Defend East County page, as did a video of a car running over protesters.
In his Q&A with the group’s founder, Justin Haskins, Campa-Najjar criticized the Green New Deal environmental-economic plan and Medicare for All, the latter of which he once backed.
He said he was open to the government investigating former President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. He also equivocated about whether he would vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, even though Campa-Najjar last month promoted the endorsement he received from the former vice president.
Some Democratic activists, who earlier had criticized Campa-Najjar for shifting positions, were incensed.
Campa-Najjar later backed away from many of his statements and said he “messed up bad” by appearing with Defend East County. He added he was aware of some of the group’s conspiracy theories but not its views about violence toward protesters, both of which were prominent in the Dyer story on the front page of the Union-Tribune in August.
MORE AT LINK:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/columnists/story/2020-10-18/column-pandering-to-the-fringe
"Racist talk", skin color speak kek!
datefag! kek
Q music from "the good, the bad and the ugly"
musical easter egg triggered!
Let's do everything except that part! kek
The birth of a Meme.
2018, the story about Kavanaugh's "information terr'rist" broke, I got a (you) for it and the next thought I had was "I'll be your huckleberry/information terrorist" and a meme was born!
Fond mammories!