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Digital Regulation

 US Law 230 (1996)

A media Platform is not held responsible for the content on their site 

The company must regulate its own content as long as it acts in good faith. 

Exemptions 
  • Copyright 
  • Prostitution
  • Sex Trafficking 

YouTube Censorship Policy 



    Main Points  

*note YouTube cannot suspend or terminate users content before it is published on the platform *
  1. Spam or Deceptive Content - Such as Fake Engagement or Impersonation
  2. Sensitive Content -Such as Nudity , Sexual or Vulgar content. 
  3. Violent or Dangerous Content - Such as Cyberbullying, Hate speech, Graphic or Criminal organization content. 
  4. Regulated Goods - Such as Firearms or Illegal services cannot be sold in YouTube 
  5. Misinformation - False reports 
  6. Protection Laws - Copyright 
  7. Age Requirement - You must be at least 13 years old to use the service unless You have permission from a guardian or parent. 

Advantage 

  1. Harmful content is placed away from especially for underage users. This is done by limiting the amount of things underage users could do.
  2. Any offensive content that is reported would quickly be checked and removed as soon as they can. 
  3. Users can freely communicate their ideas , aspiration and interest to anyone and everyone within the platform, Just as long as it follows the community guidelines. 

Disadvantage 

  1. YouTube can only ban videos when its published. 
  2. If There are complaints or reports on any harmful content in the video, It would be hard for YouTube to Terminate these types of videos. ( YouTube depends on the users )
  3. There is no guarantee that once an offensive video is published that people have not watched it or saved it. So when its finally terminated the damage had already been done. 

Case Study 


Alexander Emerick Jones (born February 11, 1974) is an American far-right and alt-right radio show host and a prominent conspiracy theorist. The conspiracy theories promoted by Jones alleged that the United States government either concealed information about or outright falsified the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the September 11 attacks, and the 1969 Moon landing. He has claimed that several governments and big businesses have colluded to create a "New World Order" through "manufactured economic crises, sophisticated surveillance tech and—above all—inside-job terror attacks that fuel exploitable hysteria".









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