Youtube vs free speech

By admin On February 26, 2011 Under about


Some time ago I instigated an action against youtube by releasing the videos called Youtube versus the Users Part 1, 2 and 3. The videos all got 10s of thousands of hits and were mirrored by those who supported the cause hundreds of times. Now if you type the exact title into the youtube search engine, I get nothing at all. I have talked to people all over the world and this is about what 50 % of the people find. This is a pretty Orwellian re-write of history, and there is only one appropriate action that anyone who desires to protect free speech could engage in, and thats to call bullshit on youtube. However this pattern is something that is of wider concern. Youtube has effectively a monopoly on the user based video market. The fact that they are willing to manipulate that system to their advantage opens essentially establishes this as a source of corruption waiting to emerge. Some form of oversight is required. As users, one mechanism by which you can apply pressure on youtube is by videos such as this. In essence keeping youtube on its toes by ensuring that they realize that there are many vigilant eyes on them, who will cause a public relations disaster for them if they are willing to bastardize the fair and level playing field for their financial gain. I think it very likely that youtubes beta channels also border on market abuse. They have taken a user base that was built up on essentially viral dendritic navigation and morphed it into something that looks very …

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