from Hacker News

War crimes evidence erased by social media platforms

by akpa1 on 6/1/23, 2:45 AM with 1 comments

• by scohesc on 6/1/23, 2:36 PM

  When you're a global company that has to balance between cozying up with other countries to keep relations and catering to advertisers - it's not surprising to see them take an overabundance of caution and outright remove videos like that.

  It's a shame that they feel they need to do that for the ultimate goal of more profit - but I guess that's the way these silicon valley companies operate.

  Remove all violence, remove all controversial content, remove anything that might make someone think about what's going on in the world around them - instead, why don't you look at these advertisements!

  Social media become a mistake when society let corporations own it and control it.

  There should be a way for users to view videos that have been taken down that violate terms of service after the fact - minus anything that's by law illegal (CSAM, etc).