Youtube and discrimination

[Faisal A]

Does Youtube ever bother checking for discrimination on their platform ? I have just clicked on a video and scrolled through the comments and must have reported at least 100 comments so far. Can they not implement a simple algorithm to remove hate comments yet they can spend years developing an algorithm that shows you certain videos.

Here are some of the comments :

 

 

 

 

 

Why is nothing being done about hate speech ? They blocked comments with minors in it but never blocked comments on a video that encourages all of this hate speech

 

[Levent]

good ole freedom of speech.

[Faisal A]

@Levent Freedom of speech is the right to criticise someone without getting arrested by the government. Sure people have a right to criticise about a religion but not saying it in a racist manner like swearing at them in process. Everybody should have a right to believe in whatever they want to believe in without being criticised and radiculed

[rcmaehl]

Youtube is a private entity so they can moderate their platform how they please.

[5x5]

I don't think this is the right place for a "freedom of speech versus hate speech" argument

Just now, Faisal A said:

@Levent Freedom of speech is the right to criticise someone without getting arrested by the government. Sure people have a right to criticise about a religion but not saying it in a racist manner

Not the place - it's not a simple discussion to have

[spartaman64]

an algorithm will probably catch a lot of the wrong stuff. like if a mosque wants to have a youtube channel but ironically every one of their videos get taken down for discrimination against muslims

[Faisal A]

@spartaman64 Youtube cant filter a swear ?

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

@spartaman64 Youtube cant filter a swear ?

what if someone says muslims are fucking awesome or fuck muslim haters

[5x5]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

@spartaman64 Youtube cant filter a swear ?

it's not that simple - again.

[duncannah]

Criticism of religion is important, and is not racist. I would imagine YouTube would filter out these comments in countries where blasphemy is not allowed, but not in secular countries

[Faisal A]

@duncannah But surely they can reword it into a better way ? They way you say something is can completely change the way it is interpreted. Everybody should have a right to believe in whatever they want to believe in without being criticised and ridiculed. If somebody doesnt like a religion, thats fine but then dont go and insult them for their beliefs.

[5x5]

2 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

@duncannah But surely they can reword it into a better way ? They way you say something is can completely change the way it is interpreted. Everybody should have a right to believe in whatever they want to believe in without being criticised and radiculed

You can't fling shit and complain when people fling shit back - that's the logic I like to use.

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

Everybody should have a right to believe in whatever they want to believe in without being criticised and radiculed

I mean, should they have that right? I find it absurd to think ridicule should be outlawed.

 

Is what these people are doing polite or friendly? No, and they're not making themselves useful either. The world would be better off if they didn't bother with this. But should what they're doing be illegal? Hell no!

[Sakkura]

15 minutes ago, rcmaehl said:

Youtube is a private entity so they can moderate their platform how they please.

I agree. Though they really ought to follow the rules they have set out, which the examples in the OP break.

11 minutes ago, duncannah said:

Criticism of religion is important, and is not racist. I would imagine YouTube would filter out these comments in countries where blasphemy is not allowed, but not in secular countries

Saying "fuck <X religion>" is a very shallow criticism though. And some of these posts are definitely bigoted. Doesn't make that much of a difference whether it's bigotry or racism.

 

Youtube's rules about this are the same across all countries AFAIK. They're just really bad at enforcing the rules.

[lewdicrous]

This is what you get when you reach the comments section on the YouTube app

Spoiler

Maybe people are gonna stop when they add that message on the desktop version as well. /s

 

Seriously though, I think YouTube will only care about this when companies start pulling their ads because of it.

[SupaKomputa]

23 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

@spartaman64 Youtube cant filter a swear ?

filtering swear by words is easy, even i can do it.

but for the whole context of the sentence it might be difficult.

you can say "fcuk that's good" or "i can fcuk you up good".

 

just report the comment and see what's happen.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801939?hl=en

[Powarusuki]

40 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

Does Youtube ever bother checking for discrimination on their platform ? I have just clicked on a video and scrolled through the comments and must have reported at least 100 comments so far. Can they not implement a simple algorithm to remove hate comments yet they can spend years developing an algorithm that shows you certain videos.

Here are some of the comments :

 

 

 

 

 

Why is nothing being done about hate speech ? They blocked comments with minors in it but never blocked comments on a video that encourages all of this hate speech

 

Why does it matter, if you really don't like it then just ignore it. If you're easily upset by people aggressively asserting their opinions or disagreeing with each other, the YouTube comment section is really not the right place for you. Just because your disagree with these people's voices doesn't mean their voices should be silenced.

[rcmaehl]

1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

filtering swear by words is easy, even i can do it.

but for the whole context of the sentence it might be difficult.

you can say "fcuk that's good" or "i can fcuk you up good".

 

just report the comment and see what's happen.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801939?hl=en

Or fsck

 

Which can't actually be filtered because FSCK can be several things including a linux file checker

[Faisal A]

@Powarusuki There is nothing wrong with disagreeing someone but there is something wrong with embarrassing and lowering someone for their practices

[Powarusuki]

1 minute ago, Faisal A said:

@Powarusuki There is nothing wrong with disagreeing someone but there is something wrong with embarrassing and lowering someone for their practices

Either way if you're upset by such things then it should probably be best to just avoid it instead of exposing yourself to it and getting upset over and over again. I'm not a fan of carrots and as such, I choose not to consume them. Might be best for you to avoid comment sections like this if they make you upset to a point where you're reporting upwards of 100+ comments.

[SupaKomputa]

5 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

@Powarusuki There is nothing wrong with disagreeing someone but there is something wrong with embarrassing and lowering someone for their practices

That's how the great USA free speech is all about. That's why KKK and Neo Nazi movement still existed, as long as there's no crime involved, you can say what ever you want.

The best way to handle it, is to ignore.

[DumbAsshole32]

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[Sakkura]

2 hours ago, SupaKomputa said:

That's how the great USA free speech is all about. That's why KKK and Neo Nazi movement still existed, as long as there's no crime involved, you can say what ever you want.

The best way to handle it, is to ignore. 

Great USA free speech is only about government, not companies. You can't even say "fuck" on US television, let alone "fuck your whole religion."

[Seldszar]

Welcome to life. People are assholes when they can get away with it. You have to grow up and deal with it.  Its unfortunate but the Internet hasn't changed much on that front in 30 years. Its the far west, better to ignore it cause you won't be able to change their mind if you try to interact with them and reporting is not going to satisfy you at all cause you probably won't see the result of it. So its basically time wasted.

[Mooshi]

To be fair, a lot of pointless conflict was caused by religion. The world would be arguably a better place if people didn't use it as a way to justify discrimination towards others or even justification for murder.

 

Just sayin

 

And this is coming from someone baptized in a Catholic church.