"YouTube To Delete Thousands Of Accounts"

"Big Tech’s role and reach in influencing political events has come into question again. This time, YouTube will be deleting thousands of accounts deemed ‘harmful’, including alleged ‘supremacists’ and conspiracy theorists. Flat-Earthers and purveyors of alternative medicine will be hidden. According to The Independent: 'The decision was made after an in-depth review of its rules on hateful content, YouTube said. While it has always banned hate content in general, the site has allowed some specific kinds of harmful videos – such as those promoting Nazi ideology or claiming 9/11 did not happen – to continue being hosted on the site.' 'Today, we’re taking another step in our hate speech policy by specifically prohibiting videos alleging that a group is superior in order to justify discrimination, segregation or exclusion based on qualities like age, gender, race, caste, religion, sexual orientation or veteran status,' it wrote in a blog post...