Who made the horrific decision to permit election deniers
to return to YouTube?
A persistent friend of mine keeps asking me (I've lost count!) who made
the decision to permit election denial videos back on YouTube -- the
exact content that triggered the violent uprising and insurrection on
Jan 6, and that nearly cost us our democracy -- a ban which YouTube has NOT
reversed regarding elections in other countries! (I'll note here that
irrespective of any possible legal requirements in this regard
associated with other countries, reversing the ban only in the U.S.
gives the clear impression that election denial associated violence only
really matters to Google *outside* the U.S.)
I don't know the specific answer about the exact person or persons
involved in the decision, and frankly I don't think that's the most
important issue (though yes, it does matter, of course). But what
matters much more is that this terrible decision is reversed before
horrific new damage is done, which Google will be responsible for.
I will say this. Even without any specific knowledge, I would make the
assumption that such a controversial decision would likely have pushed
up to either the CEO of YouTube or Google -- and likely both. If not, it
should have!
Because they are the ones who are going to ultimately have to deal with
the aftermath of new election denial videos that will flood the YouTube
platform and perhaps incite even more violence in the future, unless
these executives take the wise and only ethical choice, and reverse this
decision before that new damage has a chance to take hold on their
servers, along with a public perception that Google can no longer be
trusted as a custodian of our important societal values and personal
data.
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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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