Thread by @Timcast

Youtube has completed its investigation into my video on Pinterest censorship saying that they alone deem what is newsworthy and have referred me to privacy guidelines.

Youtube asserts it can arbitrarily remove content if you reference anyone for any reason.

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The names in my video were publicly available and linked to by several major news organizations,

I did not release any private information

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Youtube is a private platform, fine

But Google exerts near monopolistic control over many markets and over public discourse

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We cannot allow a massive entity like Google to remove newsworthy information from the public space because there are no other major players in video hosting.

I believe this action is more about Google protecting its friends in Silicon Valley for several reasons

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Google also removed Veritas' video from Youtube on the same issue.

In any normal circumstance Youtube forces the video into "private mode" then tells you to blur the information.

In this case Google quickly and very quietly deleted the videos

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The names of those in the story are newsworthy and it is not up to Google to decide what is or is not newsworthy.

However it seems obvious that they didn't care about privacy are just using it as an excuse to remove the video.

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Before I can say with certainty that Google is doing this to defend Silicon Valley we need to investigate who these women are to warrant such protection.

Is someone at Google friends with them and removing the content to protect them personally?

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Based on information I received it does seem possible that someone at Google is personal friends with the women from Pinterest in the original Veritas' story and is actively suppressing the story to protect them.

This makes these women substantially more newsworthy in my opinion