YouTube bans Alex Jones

[Tsing Tao]

There are no objective facts - thus there is no such thing as slander, libel, or even confidentiality.

Wow, there are no such things as slander, confidentiality agreements or defamation? Really? See, this is why it makes no sense to discuss things with folks who have no intent on having an honest conversation.

 

[Cuddles]

So if Verizon suddenly decided to cut off all internet access to people of a certain color, or gender, or political affiliation, you'd be ok because they're a private company?

Political affiliation is not a protected class

 

[Cuddles]

What? If you put a sign outside my office saying that, it isn't freedom of speech. It's blatant slander, of which there are laws and rules in place to prevent and allow me to sue you. Don't confuse this with censorship.



Again, the agreement to not release proprietary data or information of a public, private company or government entity that you expressly committed to holding confidential is a breach of contract and punishable by the rules that are enforced accordingly, both criminally and civilly. This also, has nothing to do with censorship.



And what did I say about the NFL? I said the NFL has the right to punish the players accordingly because the players are employees of the NFL. No different than your boss can punish you (fines, firing, etc) if you do something that reflects poorly on the company. This is also not censorship, because a work contract has been signed.

You want to keep trying?

But Alex Jones is guilty of slander and libel though??

 

[newwurldmn]

Wow, there are no such things as slander, confidentiality agreements or defamation? Really? See, this is why it makes no sense to discuss things with folks who have no intent on having an honest conversation.

There can’t be any of those things if there is no such thing as objective lies. You said that if someone can decide if something is a lie then bias is involved and that is wrong. So if I call you a pedophile you can’t say that is slander because that is your bias.

This is why you are against banning Russian trolls who spread mistruths because the judger of the mistruth will be biased.

 

[WeToddDid2]

 

[Slartibartfast]

So Apple first then FB, Spotify, Youtube

Apple needs to ban the Infowars app and so does Google.

Come on Twitter.

 

[UsualName]

Why don’t these right wing people understand the concept of minimal standards and user agreements.

If you break a minimal standards you get thrown off of the medium you are using.

Jones broke the minimal standards. The problem is the right has absolutely no standards, journalistically, morally or ethically.

Don’t expect the rest of the world to yield to your standards. Jones is a corrupting influence on weak minded people and he is inciting and dangerous because he has no standards.

All YouTube Facebook et al are doing is being responsible.

 

[Slartibartfast]

US needs more predators, save the planet, eat an infowars subscriber.

 

[Tsing Tao]

Political affiliation is not a protected class

I'm not talking about protected classes by law. If Verizon cut off all Salon readers tomorrow, you don't think this would be a problem? Or people who worked for MSNBC? Or those who accessed Fox news?

 

[Tsing Tao]

But Alex Jones is guilty of slander and libel though??

Then, if true, there is a vehicle inside the legal system to allow those victims of his slander a way to get compensation. If they pursue this and win, he will stop - because he won't be able to afford to continue. It isn't for Youtube to play judge, jury and executioner.