Thursday, 1 March 2018

YouTube says new moderators might have mistakenly purged right-wing channels

YouTube indicated that as the platform ramps up human-powered moderation efforts, new moderators may have mistakenly removed or flagged right-wing videos and channels. Bloomberg reported the news this afternoon, quoting a YouTube spokesperson saying that “as we work to hire rapidly and ramp up our policy enforcement teams throughout 2018, newer members may misapply some of our policies resulting in mistaken removals.” The spokesperson said that YouTube’s policies had not changed, and that “we’ll reinstate any videos that were removed in error.”

The Outline reported earlier today that several right-wing channels had been completely shut down since the Parkside shooting, and others had been issued strikes against their account — most...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/28/17064470/youtube-infowars-right-wing-channels-strike-ban-moderator-mistake

from
https://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2018/03/youtube-says-new-moderators-might-have.html

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