https://sn.1w6.org/file/mikegerwitz-20170723T184236-zuxt8m8.html

@bobjonkman The article doesn't even consider our perspective.

There's a strong push from congress and local officials in the US to have sites like YouTube and Facebook do more to combat radicalization. And on the face of it, it does seem like a good, common-sense thing to do.

Unfortunately, it's shallow. In this case, YouTube has done more than simply block those videos: they are against the TOS, fine, that's that. But redirecting searches? That's pushing a dangerous political agenda and is a slippery slope. What other political stances will they take, and other censorship roles? What if they decided one day to adopt the abhorrent belief of many that children need to be protected against same-sex relationships, and redirect all such searches that support Pence's vision of "conversion therapy"? Or what about the reverse? What if they redirected searches for "conversion therapy" to videos in support of same-sex relationships? That'd please me, but it'd be just as abhorrent to others as the former example was to me.

They should certainly remove IS propaganda because it is against their TOS. Redirecting searches is astounding to me; they're not being brainwashed by terrorist groups, but it's still brainwashing.