02-23-2018, 08:14 PM
Good evening all. Richie mentioned that he received a strike under the Harassment and Bullying guidelines, which I have pulled for you to view here.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answe...1&hl=en-GB
Looking at these and knowing the show, the only thing I can possibly imagine them picking him out for would be the occasional jibe he has at a PM/President/Politician (All the p's), at a stretch.
I'm afraid to me it feels very much like they are looking for any excuse to penalise people like Richie who give voices to alternate viewpoints, something which we all knew would come as the last 15 years have seen an increasing monopolisation of the internet.
It is a very sad thing, when a show which promotes open debate, a show which does not silence views is itself silenced. Although I would like to see the show return to YouTube, or LiveLeak etc, this never the less serves as a reminder that alternate viewpoints are under attack. I hope that YouTube will respond with full details of why they have pulled the channel, but I wont hold my breath on that one...
Never the less, the show must go on - a blow like this might slow us down, but it wont stop us altogether. Richie has his own studio, he has Podomatic, Spotify, Itunes all number of other platforms available. So the battle goes on.
https://support.google.com/youtube/answe...1&hl=en-GB
Quote:Harassment and cyberbullying
We want you to use YouTube without fear of being subjected to malicious harassment. In cases where harassment crosses the line into a malicious attack, it can be reported and the content will be removed. In other cases, users may be mildly annoying or petty and should simply be ignored.
Harassment may include:
- Abusive videos, comments and messages
- Revealing someone's personal information, including sensitive personally identifiable information such as social security numbers, passport numbers or bank account numbers
- Maliciously recording someone without their consent
- Deliberately posting content in order to humiliate someone
- Making hurtful and negative comments/videos about another person
- Unwanted sexualisation, which encompasses sexual harassment or sexual bullying in any form
- Incitement to harass other users or creators
Looking at these and knowing the show, the only thing I can possibly imagine them picking him out for would be the occasional jibe he has at a PM/President/Politician (All the p's), at a stretch.
I'm afraid to me it feels very much like they are looking for any excuse to penalise people like Richie who give voices to alternate viewpoints, something which we all knew would come as the last 15 years have seen an increasing monopolisation of the internet.
It is a very sad thing, when a show which promotes open debate, a show which does not silence views is itself silenced. Although I would like to see the show return to YouTube, or LiveLeak etc, this never the less serves as a reminder that alternate viewpoints are under attack. I hope that YouTube will respond with full details of why they have pulled the channel, but I wont hold my breath on that one...
Never the less, the show must go on - a blow like this might slow us down, but it wont stop us altogether. Richie has his own studio, he has Podomatic, Spotify, Itunes all number of other platforms available. So the battle goes on.