YouTube shuts down comments on House hearing on white nationalism over hateful remarks

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

YouTube shut down the chat feature on a livestream of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism Tuesday amid a flood of hateful comments.

The feature was disabled "due to the presence of hateful comments,” Google, YouTube's parent company, confirmed to The Hill.

“Hate speech has no place on YouTube. We’ve invested heavily in teams and technology dedicated to removing hateful comments and videos and we take action on them when flagged by our users,” the company said in a statement.

The House Judiciary panel was meeting to discuss “hate crimes and the rise of white nationalism."

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/438055-hateful-comments-force-youtube-to-shut-down-chat-on-livestream-of-house

About time. YouTube used to put up with a lot of hateful bullshit.

[marble falls]

1. So to limit hate speech they cut off our free speech. Fuck Nazis, but fuck YouTube even more.

[Leith]

3. YouTube is privately owned

They are not cutting off anyone's free speech. They just don't want it at their site.

Or perhaps you think that the passerby was violating Alex Jones' free speech in this clip?

[marble falls]

4. Allow me to make it clearer for you ...

So to limit Nazi hate speech they cut off our speech that follows YouTube ToS, too.

[ck4829]

2. White nationalists are atrocious

[miyazaki]

5. I don't see comments on any video anywhere on youtube.

They whitewash everything? Or do I have to re-enable them or something?

[Archae]

6. Gohmerrt called it a "hoax."

Of course, you expected that from Louie Gohmert, right? :goggly:

[Initech]

7. They're not really helping their case are they?

Fuck white nationalists.