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The YouTube Effect

Leaders in governmentand tech want to rewrite a law that shapes the Internet

[somber music] [male]
Leaders in government
and tech want to rewrite a law that shapes the Internet

Full Transcript

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[male] Leaders in government and tech want to rewrite
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a law that shapes the Internet.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:39
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.
Why we're sitting here today, it's Section 230. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
Why we're sitting here today, it's Section 230.
We filed a complaint with the FTC - The YouTube Effect 00:11
We filed a complaint with the FTC
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When they talk about kind of maximizing speech on their platform, - The YouTube Effect 00:12
When they talk about kind of maximizing speech on their plat...
With Section 230, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
With Section 230,
So, one of them is that it gives us, - The YouTube Effect 00:08
So, one of them is that it gives us,
But the second is that it enables us also to remove content - The YouTube Effect 00:08
But the second is that it enables us also to remove content
But I think now, 20 plus years on, - The YouTube Effect 00:16
But I think now, 20 plus years on,
If they're planning to commit a crime, - The YouTube Effect 00:05
If they're planning to commit a crime,
But that's not what social media is anymore, - The YouTube Effect 00:07
But that's not what social media is anymore,
They are not a neutral arbiter - The YouTube Effect 00:08
They are not a neutral arbiter
They pick and choose the winners and the losers - The YouTube Effect 00:06
They pick and choose the winners and the losers
Yeah, it raises a lot of questions like - The YouTube Effect 00:06
Yeah, it raises a lot of questions like
Are we okay with that? Like, I think that, you know, - The YouTube Effect 00:23
Are we okay with that? Like, I think that, you know,
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,