#YouTube #CEO Calls for New Speech Laws Giving Governments of the World "More Control Over Online Speech”
📡@G3News: #Susan #Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, has acknowledged that the platform’s policy of censoring legal content that it deems to be “harmful” is controversial and urged governments to step in and pass stronger speech laws.
Wojcicki made the comments in an interview with the German-based independent broadcaster TIDETVhamburg, where she was asked about how the platform navigates the “minefield” or complying with national laws.
“We work around the globe, and you’re right, certainly there are many different laws and many different jurisdictions, and we…enforce the laws of the various jurisdictions around speech or what’s considered safe or not safe,” Wojcicki said.
Despite admitting that the way YouTube censors legal content is controversial, Wojcicki pushed for stronger speech laws that would accommodate this censorship.
“Our recommendation, if governments want to have more control over online speech is to pass laws to have that be very cleanly and clearly defined so that we can implement it,” Wojcicki said.
This is the latest of several calls Wojcicki has made in support of censoring legal speech that’s deemed to be “harmful.” She’s also called for the US government to offer guidance on “hate speech” and had a secret meeting with the Irish Prime Minister to discuss content moderation on YouTube.
https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-ceo-governments-online-speech-laws/
#censorship
📡@G3News: #Susan #Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, has acknowledged that the platform’s policy of censoring legal content that it deems to be “harmful” is controversial and urged governments to step in and pass stronger speech laws.
Wojcicki made the comments in an interview with the German-based independent broadcaster TIDETVhamburg, where she was asked about how the platform navigates the “minefield” or complying with national laws.
“We work around the globe, and you’re right, certainly there are many different laws and many different jurisdictions, and we…enforce the laws of the various jurisdictions around speech or what’s considered safe or not safe,” Wojcicki said.
Despite admitting that the way YouTube censors legal content is controversial, Wojcicki pushed for stronger speech laws that would accommodate this censorship.
“Our recommendation, if governments want to have more control over online speech is to pass laws to have that be very cleanly and clearly defined so that we can implement it,” Wojcicki said.
This is the latest of several calls Wojcicki has made in support of censoring legal speech that’s deemed to be “harmful.” She’s also called for the US government to offer guidance on “hate speech” and had a secret meeting with the Irish Prime Minister to discuss content moderation on YouTube.
https://reclaimthenet.org/youtube-ceo-governments-online-speech-laws/
#censorship
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YouTube CEO wants governments pass laws to “have more control over online speech”
Calling for speech laws.