I don't know if it's been debunked, but I like the analogy of the Hygiene hypothesis and increased allergies. If you disinfect and sterilize everything you don't train your immune system and are at risk for allergies, but if you don't disinfect and sterilize you get infections, so you need to find a balance.
Same thing here, I think we're heading into the over-sterilization area of the curve, and maybe we should think about what the "food allergy" analogue is for people who grow up never seeing a single controversial idea expressed ever because all their media is sterilized.
The claim of censorship is not substantiated in the linked document. Where’s the evidence of censorship?
Woman that makes a living making up stories about North Korea gets a video demonitized.
Why is this riling up HN?
The video is "unlisted", meaning it can be accessed by URL. When you upload a video, you can choose to make it Private (only you can watch it), Unlisted (anyone can watch it if they have the link), or Public (anyone can find it even if you don't have the link). Not sure this qualifies as "censorship" by any definition.
I have a bunch of unlisted videos myself, e.g. "audition tapes" when applying for an acting role. I want the people who I send it to to be able to watch it, but I don't want it to be findable. Nothing nefarious about this.
Hakim did a very good short introduction [0] on defectors in general and how this term is used in our media. In the video, he also briefly brings up Yeonmi Pak's story and how it's changed over time as well as the conflicts of interest of speaking income. The video is more about defectors in general and how defectors are portrayed and presented to us, so he doesn't spend a lot of time on Yeonmi Pak's story.
Apparently, the video can be found via search or on her page currently.
However, it was tweeted was two days ago.
It's unclear whether it's a bug on Youtube side or real censorship actually happened or user error.
At this stage this is not a valid censorship case against Youtube.
I would remove the post if I could.
YT censorship is dumb and immoral. Having said that, how on earth do you stick a Nike or Apple commercial in a middle of a video criticising China?
She's a grifter and a well-documented fantasist...so, she should be back on the Joe Rogan show anytime soon.
If this is true: anyone got alternative apps to YT on android?
Voting with my wallet.
People complain about misinformation and censorship (on Hacker News of all places) but where is it?
I found the video by searching on YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=yeonmi+pa...
Why exactly is this being upvoted?
Give me a break.
sortof off topic but this woman strikes me as a mouthpiece for rightwing talking points. Not saying its all a lie but some stuff does strike me as embellished
Remember, they're just coming after the bad guys like Alex Jones, and they're just trying to stop the spread of dangerous misinformation.
I think it’s pretty clear now, google is evil and anyone who uses their services helps to enable their evil deeds
The internet is increasingly getting censored. Boldened by the recent deplatforming of Alex Jones and Donald Trump as well as censorship of news that doesn’t fit their narratives has created a slippery slope.
It’s time to take a hardline stance against censorship. If we don’t do it now, future generations will never forgive us.
I dont run a YT channel, but "Restrictions: ad suitability," suggests that the video is still available (e.g., via URL), but Google is not recommending it because advertisers don't want to be associated with it because of the corpse in the thumbnail (term?).