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The Google division said in December it would assign more than 10,000* people to moderate content after a year of scandals over fake and inappropriate content on the world’s largest video site.*All products of the California schoolsystem and residents of the Bay Area, may I assume?
Daily Signal "Silicon Valley has enormous power over the flow of information that reaches people around the globe.
"That’s why it’s vital for Americans to understand how tech giants can manipulate information, either intentionally or unwittingly, to advance a political agenda.
"A report by The Daily Caller said that YouTube, which is owned by Google, is using the Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing activist nonprofit that bills itself as an objective civil rights organization, to assist in policing content on its video-sharing website.
"In 2016, YouTube was accused of censoring PragerU videos, and more recently, Google was lambasted for creating a seemingly partisan “fact-checker” function for its search engine that almost exclusively targeted right-leaning media outlets.
“ 'The left-wing nonprofit [SPLC]—which has more recently come under fire for labeling legitimate conservative organizations as ‘hate groups’—is one of the more than 100 nongovernment organizations … and government agencies in YouTube’s ‘Trusted Flaggers’ program,”according to The Daily Caller.
"The Daily Signal asked Google if and why it has collaborated with the Southern Poverty Law Center, but it did not respond as of the time of publishing this article.
"A variety of media sources, including CNN and ABC, cite the Southern Poverty Law Center as an authoritative source on what can be defined as a “hate group.”
"But the group has been very loose about how it defines hate, and often recklessly lumps mainstream conservative organizations in with Nazis and other extremist groups." . . .
YouTube says its new moderators 'mistakenly' shut down pro-gun conservative channels while trying to block far-right conspiracy videos
"Conservative outlets on YouTube have found themselves silenced on the video sharing platform, under a crackdown on dangerous content.
"Overzealous new employees 'mistakenly' removed or flagged some channels and clips In the wake of the Parkland School shooting.
"Moderators were attempting to block far-right conspiracy videos, which could cause offence to families and friends of those caught up in of the tragedy.
"The site has promised to reinstate any material that is to found to have been pulled which didn't breach house rules." . . .