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12-09-2020, 10:31 AM
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That time you and you big tech buddies paid over $350 million to fix an election, but did a ****-poor job at it and the people/states are wising up:
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events...0-us-election/
Safe Harbor deadline is not in the Constitution; only inauguration day. Bush v Gore, and a few others, went on longer than today's date.
https://blog.youtube/news-and-events...0-us-election/
Yesterday was the safe harbor deadline for the U.S. Presidential election and enough states have certified their election results to determine a President-elect. Given that, we will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, in line with our approach towards historical U.S. Presidential elections. For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors. We will begin enforcing this policy today, and will ramp up in the weeks to come. As always, news coverage and commentary on these issues can remain on our site if there’s sufficient education, documentary, scientific or artistic context.
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12-09-2020, 11:12 AM
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........So I guess it's cool then since the GA senate race is still up for grabs?? That ban ALSO applies to state, senate, etc races as well.....
Goose....gander....some other ****.
It's a private platform. They can do whatever the **** they please.
Don't like it?? Get bent and go use Christian Mingle or some ****.....
P.S I guess it's also cool to be onboard with clearly false information being spread across all sorts of platforms lol
Goose....gander....some other ****.
It's a private platform. They can do whatever the **** they please.
Don't like it?? Get bent and go use Christian Mingle or some ****.....
P.S I guess it's also cool to be onboard with clearly false information being spread across all sorts of platforms lol
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12-09-2020, 01:52 PM
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Source: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785
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YouTube doesn't allow content about COVID-19 that poses a serious risk of egregious harm.
YouTube doesn't allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19. This is limited to content that contradicts WHO or local health authorities’ guidance on:
YouTube doesn't allow content that spreads medical misinformation that contradicts local health authorities’ or the World Health Organization’s (WHO) medical information about COVID-19. This is limited to content that contradicts WHO or local health authorities’ guidance on:
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Here are some examples of content that’s not allowed on YouTube:- Denial that COVID-19 exists
- Claims that people have not died from COVID-19
- Claims that any vaccine is a guaranteed prevention method for COVID-19
- Claims that a specific treatment or medicine is a guaranteed cure for COVID-19
- Claims that certain people have immunity to COVID-19 due to their race or nationality
- Encouraging taking home remedies instead of getting medical treatment when sick
- Discouraging people from consulting a medical professional if they’re sick
- Content that claims that holding your breath can be used as a diagnostic test for COVID-19
- Videos alleging that if you avoid Asian food, you won’t get the coronavirus
- Videos alleging that setting off fireworks can clean the air of the virus and will prevent the spread of the virus
- Claims that COVID-19 is caused by radiation from 5G networks
- Videos alleging that the COVID-19 test is the cause of the virus
- Claims that countries with hot climates will not experience the spread of the virus
- Videos alleging that social distancing and self-isolation are not effective in reducing the spread of the virus
- Claims that the COVID-19 vaccine will kill people who receive it
- Claims that the COVID-19 vaccine will be used as a means of population reduction
- Videos claiming that the COVID-19 vaccine will contain fetal tissue
- Claims that the flu vaccine causes contraction of COVID-19
- Claims that the COVID-19 vaccine causes contraction of other infectious diseases or makes people more vulnerable to contraction of other infectious diseases
- Claims that the COVID-19 vaccine will contain a microchip or tracking device
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12-09-2020, 01:53 PM
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Source: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801939
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Hate speech is not allowed on YouTube. We remove content promoting violence or hatred against individuals or groups based on any of the following attributes:
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12-09-2020, 01:55 PM
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Source: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2802268
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Content that threatens individuals is not allowed on YouTube. We also do not allow content that targets an individual with prolonged or malicious insults based on intrinsic attributes, including their protected group status or physical traits.
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Here are some examples of content that’s not allowed on YouTube:- Repeatedly showing pictures of someone and then making statements like “Look at this creature’s teeth, they’re so disgusting!”, with similar commentary targeting intrinsic attributes throughout the video.
- Targeting an individual based on their membership in a protected group, such as by saying: “Look at this filthy [slur targeting a protected group], I wish they’d just get hit by a truck.”
- Targeting an individual and making claims they are involved in human trafficking in the context of a harmful conspiracy theory where the conspiracy is linked to direct threats or violent acts.
- Using an extreme insult to dehumanize an individual based on their intrinsic attributes. For example: “Look at this dog of a woman! She’s not even a human being — she must be some sort of mutant or animal!”
- Depicting an identifiable individual being murdered, seriously injured, or engaged in a graphic sexual act without their consent.
- Accounts dedicated entirely to focusing on maliciously insulting an identifiable individual.
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12-09-2020, 02:10 PM
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Bush v Gore was a difference of a few hundred votes.
Biden v trump was difference of hundreds of thousands and over 5M difference in the popular vote in favor of Biden......
Apples to :insert completely unrelated scenario:
trump lost by a MUCH MUCH slimmer margin in 2016?? Fraud??
And I would like to hear about these "others" (elections which went on for much longer) that braineack speak about....
Biden v trump was difference of hundreds of thousands and over 5M difference in the popular vote in favor of Biden......
Apples to :insert completely unrelated scenario:
trump lost by a MUCH MUCH slimmer margin in 2016?? Fraud??
And I would like to hear about these "others" (elections which went on for much longer) that braineack speak about....
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12-09-2020, 02:53 PM
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Slightly off topic, but... had Gore taken his home state of Tennessee, Florida would not have mattered. In other words, the people that knew Gore and his family the best did not want him to be president. IMHO, it worked out as it should have.
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12-09-2020, 03:09 PM
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Back on topic. Read this. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...***-smell-test
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12-09-2020, 03:17 PM
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Bush v Gore was a difference of a few hundred votes.
Biden v trump was difference of hundreds of thousands and over 5M difference in the popular vote in favor of Biden......
Apples to :insert completely unrelated scenario:
trump lost by a MUCH MUCH slimmer margin in 2016?? Fraud??
Biden v trump was difference of hundreds of thousands and over 5M difference in the popular vote in favor of Biden......
Apples to :insert completely unrelated scenario:
trump lost by a MUCH MUCH slimmer margin in 2016?? Fraud??
The union agreed to a manner in which our leaders our chosen.
What's even the point of an election if states don't follow the federal laws nor their own laws, and proceed to count votes in violation of said laws?
What's even the point of an election if you cannot challenge the legitimacy of the results, especially when you change the laws/rules on a whim without the legislature?
What's even the point of an election if you cannot confirm/verify/audit/adjudicate the results to ensure they were not in violation of the law?
It's pretty simple: Either the Constitution/law [be it state or U.S.] matters or it doesn't.Texas seems to think if one state has cheated in obtaining its representation in the federal government, that affects all other states.
And I would like to hear about these "others" (elections which went on for much longer) that braineack speak about...
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12-09-2020, 03:31 PM
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12-09-2020, 03:32 PM
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Not sure how that is related. Are you saying he alienated his home state?
Back on topic. Read this. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...***-smell-test
Back on topic. Read this. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...***-smell-test
Gore made a similar assumption but to a greater extent becuz #Homestate
Key strategic mistakes by both candidates
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12-09-2020, 03:41 PM
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Size doesn't matter; you of all people should know that. You need to understand Federalism. The 13 states created the federal government. When they did this, they decided that representation in the federal government should assigned PER STATE, not per individual.…
It's pretty simple: Either the Constitution/law [be it state or U.S.] matters or it doesn't.Texas seems to think if one state has cheated in obtaining its representation in the federal government, that affects all other states.
google: contested presidential elections
It's pretty simple: Either the Constitution/law [be it state or U.S.] matters or it doesn't.Texas seems to think if one state has cheated in obtaining its representation in the federal government, that affects all other states.
google: contested presidential elections
NOTES FROM
The Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 22: The Same Subject Continued (Other Defects of the Present Confederation):"The right of equal suffrage among the States is another exceptionable part of the Confederation. Every idea of proportion and every rule of fair representation conspire to condemn a principle, which gives to Rhode Island an equal weight in the scale of power with Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or New York; and to Delaware an equal voice in the national deliberations with Pennsylvania, or Virginia, or North Carolina. Its operation contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority should prevail."
My comment:
In the end, Senators represented the States, House Members represented the population, and the president was kind of a mix.
Done with phone so may not be cut and pasted quite right.
Last edited by DNMakinson; 12-09-2020 at 06:18 PM. Reason: Clarity
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