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The YouTube Effect

I think that Google has reallybeen far ahead of the game from its competitorsin terms of...

[tense music] I think that Google has really
been far ahead of the game from its competitors
in terms of anticipating these legislative fights

Full Transcript

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I think that Google has really been far ahead of the game
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from its competitors in terms of anticipating
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these legislative fights.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:47:43
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.
[Alan Davidson] We've realized that we need to have a larger presence here, - The YouTube Effect 00:09
[Alan Davidson] We've realized that we need to have a l...
And we need, our industry needs to be here - The YouTube Effect 00:08
And we need, our industry needs to be here
[Nitasha] You know, the company has spent more than a decade - The YouTube Effect 00:08
[Nitasha] You know, the company has spent more than a decade
If you look at pretty much any policy decision where - The YouTube Effect 00:21
If you look at pretty much any policy decision where
We want a free open Internet for every citizen of the world. - The YouTube Effect 00:05
We want a free open Internet for every citizen of the world.
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[somber music]
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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[somber music]
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,