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Where did the police come in? We were talking about Youtube selecting what to make available on their platform. Is that analogous to the police stifling your speech in your view?

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Yes, it is in the same effect due to the ubiquity of the platform. IMHO, platforms with that significant user base should be regulated as utility.

You don't want private entities making decisions on what content they host on their platforms, but you do want the government to make that decision (host everything) and force those private entities to abide by that decision under threat of penalty? And that is how we avoid dictatorships in your view?

The government has a due process, if the government doesn't have a fair due process you change them until you have a fair due process. You change the governments by election and if that's not available by burning down their stuff.

Companies don't have a fair due process. Google is infamous for not providing a human response for their algorithmic censorship. You can Google it.

So you think all guidelines should be eliminated? https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9288567?hl=en

Guidelines on the nature of the content? Yes.

Things harmful for the platforms itself? Removing stuff like spam is fair IMHO.

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