Posted on 06/17/2020 5:00:28 PM PDT by aimhigh
A group of African American content creators has launched a putative class action against YouTube and its Alphabet parent company for allegedly violating various laws intended to prevent racial discrimination. The lawsuit represents the latest courtroom attack on the increasingly controversial immunities afforded digital services under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
The complaint filed on Tuesday in California federal court objects to the way in which YouTube is employing artificial intelligence, algorithms, and other filtering tools. The social video site uses these tools to help viewers screen out potentially mature content, but the plaintiffs here say that by employing a "Restricted Mode," this acts as an improper censor. What's more, the complaint adds, the system is rife with "digital racism," where users are essentially profiled on race, identity and viewpoints. The plaintiffs assert that this interferes with their ability to monetize their content. They allege that YouTube's conduct is "intentional and systematic, regardless of whether Defendants are motivated by ideological animus towards black and members of other protected racial classifications under the law."
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Were they de-funding rap music?
I’m trying not to enjoy this kinda thing, I really am, but I swear, watching the monster created by social media devour its creator is just so dog-gone entertaining!
Home loan companies and banks had to pay because their algorithms were racist. Why not Google?
Their donation to BLM doesn’t seem to have worked.
So the lawsuit is saying that black people are unable to communicate without using “hate speech”.
The rap coalition of America might have something to say.
All I know is I get a high proportion of Youtube ads in Spanish. They must think I’m an illegal alien.
Digital racism?
Can we just be different from one another without the vitriol?
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