YouTube has made significant changes to its video moderation rules, allowing content that violates community guidelines to remain on the platform as long as the majority is in the public interest. This shift comes in the context of political pressures from figures like Donald Trump and coincides with similar trends in other social media companies. Examples cited include videos that, despite containing hate speech and violent rhetoric, are allowed to persist because they pertain to vital societal topics. This change raises questions about the balance between freedom of speech and the potential for the spread of harmful content.
YouTube's recent policy shift allows videos that violate rules to remain on the platform, provided that half of their content is deemed in the public interest.
The New York Times reports that YouTube's new guidelines encourage moderation leniency around contentious topics like race, gender, and politics, favoring public discourse.
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