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The YouTube Effect

Are we okay with that?Like, I think that, you know, a kind of obviousresponse is to say...

Are we okay with that?
Like, I think that, you know, a kind of obvious
response is to say that, "No, the First Amendment
protects speech, protects
from the government, doesn't give corporations
an obligation to host
your content." If there is no Section 230,
there is no free speech, period

Full Transcript

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Are we okay with that? Like, I think that, you know,
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a kind of obvious response is to say that,
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"No, the First Amendment protects speech, protects from the government,
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doesn't give corporations an obligation to host your content."
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If there is no Section 230, there is no free speech, period.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:48
Uploaded
Apr 16, 2025
Genres
documentary, mystery, thriller
Production
XRM Media,Olive Hill Media,TIME Studios,Valhalla Entertainment,Trouper,Zipper Bros Films

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Movie Summary

In this eye-opening documentary, Alex Winter presents a thoughtful, troubling look at YouTube, a site with humble origins that has gone on to change how we experience the world.
I think we need to be tremendously skeptical - The YouTube Effect 00:11
I think we need to be tremendously skeptical
That said, I do think that we can look at amending it - The YouTube Effect 00:09
That said, I do think that we can look at amending it
[Carrie] They don't see us as important, we're not their actual customers. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
[Carrie] They don't see us as important, we're not...
If there's content that we want down - The YouTube Effect 00:09
If there's content that we want down
This week, I got myself a death threat. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
This week, I got myself a death threat.
This is messed up stuff that people are saying, - The YouTube Effect 00:27
This is messed up stuff that people are saying,
When I told him to leave me alone and asked if he had a knife, - The YouTube Effect 00:05
When I told him to leave me alone and asked if he had a knif...
[Carrie] But the rare occasion when somebody is, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
[Carrie] But the rare occasion when somebody is,
You are an ugly, untalented, fat [bleep] [laughs] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
You are an ugly, untalented, fat [bleep] [laughs]
The algorithm, it really fostered this community of videos that - The YouTube Effect 00:13
The algorithm, it really fostered this community of videos t...
They'd be like, "Yeah, that person fucking sucks." - The YouTube Effect 00:07
They'd be like, "Yeah, that person fucking sucks.&...
I am so used to reading mean things about myself online. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
I am so used to reading mean things about myself online.
Most of you probably can't even begin to imagine how used to it I am. - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Most of you probably can't even begin to imagine how us...
[gong clangs] - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[gong clangs]
[music building] - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[music building]
[music continues] - The YouTube Effect 00:12
[music continues]
[Susan] We're a video-first platform - The YouTube Effect 00:11
[Susan] We're a video-first platform
And so I expect us to continue to really focus on the video. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
And so I expect us to continue to really focus on the video.
I think technology will, of course, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
I think technology will, of course,
But YouTube will stay focused on video. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
But YouTube will stay focused on video.