• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    This is even worse IMO. The youtuber can have an active comment section but pause comments if discussion goes somewhere they don’t like, such as criticizing their topic. They can then request certain comments to be removed or accounts blocked/banned.

    This can guve the appearance of free speech while actually promoting censorship.

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      11 months ago

      Going to get downvoted for this, but it’s a private platform where free speech laws don’t apply.

      Not to mention the channel owner already had the ability to delete any comment they wanted.

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        11 months ago

        It is not only free speech but the fairness of a review of a product. Most people go to YouTube to see the review of a product and if comments can be manipulated that way many people will fall for a shitty product.

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          11 months ago

          Nothing has really changed though, you could already delete comments to make the comment section look however you want.