"In addition to her U.S. citizenship,[57] she is a Polish citizen"
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has reiterated the platform's commitment to boosting what she described as "authoritative" sources and "experts" over the independent creators that helped build the video-sharing site into what it is today.
Wojcicki made the comments on TIDETVhamburg, an independent broadcaster that's based in Hamburg, when discussing YouTube's "four R's" policy framework which is used to "Raise," "Remove," "Reduce," and "Reward" videos and creators on the platform.
The YouTube CEO noted that as part of the Raise part of this policy framework, YouTube believes it's important to boost "experts" and "authorities in the subject" ahead of creators who "had an opinion yesterday."
"There's a lot of information topics where we believe it’s important for us to highlight the…experts, the authorities in the subject, similar to Google Search, right," Wojcicki said. "When you go to Google Search and you type in COVID, you’re not gonna see something from somebody who just, you know, had an opinion yesterday, you’re actually gonna see it from a national health organization that specializes in Certificate of Vaccine IDentification."
Wojcicki continued by describing how this approach applies to YouTube recommendations:
"So the same thing we wanna make sure happens with recommendations that when you type in something about information that we’re giving you authoritative information about it, so raising up the experts in…information topics."
Wojcicki also noted that currently, this policy of boosting authoritative information doesn't apply to music.
Wojcicki's support of giving "experts" and "authorities" preferential treatment on the platform reflects a change in tone from the early days of YouTube where independent creators were welcomed and the tagline "Broadcast Yourself" featured prominently on the site.
She and other executives have increasingly echoed this tone in recent years. Wojcicki previously justified YouTube's approach to boosting authoritative sources by saying it's easy to "make up content and post it from your basement." She has also said the platform won't recommend YouTubers for breaking news. Additionally, Neal Mohan, YouTube's Chief Product Officer, has said creators "espousing” opinions "in their basement" can’t provide context on the news.
In 2020, Wojcicki revealed the impact of YouTube's increased focus on authoritative sources by acknowledging that only half the views on the platform come from YouTubers.
Wojcicki made the comments when explaining how YouTube uses its four R's policy framework (Remove, Raise, Reduce, and Reward) to balance "tensions between freedom of speech" and "the need for us to…be responsible as a platform in terms of how we distribute information."
Videos that are deemed to be in violation of YouTube's "hate speech" and "harassment" rules are removed under the "Remove" part of this four R's policy framework.
Wojcicki justified the Remove aspect of this policy by claiming that there's content "I think everyone agrees doesn’t make sense," only to admit seconds later that there's ambiguity around how people define "hate and harassment."
"There’s many content that I think everyone agrees doesn’t make sense," Wojcicki said. "Obviously, like violent extremism, making sure children are safe, hate, harassment, hate and harassment there could be various definitions of where you draw those lines but…there are certainly many categories that we…can all agree don’t belong on a platform for…distribution."
Despite this admission that there are various ways to define hate and harassment, Wojcicki and YouTube support removing content based on these terms.
Wojcicki has previously called for the US government to offer guidance on hate speech and cited Europe’s "much stricter hate laws." She has also acknowledged that YouTube will remove hate speech from elected officials but allow media outlets to reupload it with their own “context.”
YouTube introduced a controversial new harassment policy in December 2019 which targeted insults, mockery, and jokes that go "too far." The policy was blasted by creators who warned that it would prohibit many forms of comedy on the platform.
Fuck the NWO... With a lead pipe.
Canada orders firms to freeze assets of anyone who “indirectly” engages in Freedom Convoy protests Banks, fundraising platforms, insurance companies, investment firms, loan companies, and more are subject to these far-reaching demands.
By Tom Parker
Posted 12:39 pm
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On Monday, the Canadian government announced drastic plans to freeze the bank accounts of protesters associated with the Freedom Convoy – a movement that’s standing against vaccine mandates. However, the government document containing these plans, which was published by the Canadian government late Tuesday night, reveals that the financial restrictions will extend far beyond bank accounts and can be used to target anyone who’s deemed to have “indirectly” engaged in the protests.
The new government order applies to a wide range of entities including banks, fundraising platforms, insurance companies, investment firms, loan companies, securities dealers, credit unions, and fraternal benefit societies.
It requires these entities to determine whether they’re dealing with a “designated person” which is defined as “any individual or entity that is engaged, directly or indirectly” in prohibited activities under the Emergencies Act. These prohibited activities include any “public assembly that may reasonably be expected to lead to a breach of the peace” and include the activities of the Freedom Convoy protesters which Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau branded “illegal blockades.”
If these entities determine that they are dealing with a designated person, they’re required to:
Freeze the designated person’s property (which includes funds and virtual currency)
Cease providing “any financial or related services” to the designated person (insurance policies that were valid prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act on Monday and not associated with vehicles that are deemed to be engaging in prohibited activities are exempt from this provision)
Report the designated person to the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) or the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Report any “suspicious transactions” from the designated person to Canada’s anti-money laundering agency FINTRAC (Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada)
These entities have also been granted full immunity against civil lawsuits for any actions they take to comply with this order.
You can read the full Canadian government order here.
According to the state-funded Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), “banks will be working with law enforcement to decide who should be ‘de-banked.'”
CBC also spoke with a senior Canadian government official who said that police could gather the names and license plate numbers of protesters and share this information with FINTRAC.
A former CSIS senior strategic analyst, Jessica Davis, added that freezing and seizing funds under these new rules is “likely to put a lot of financial pressure on the people who are participating in the protest” and that “it’s going to be very difficult for them.”
Canadian Justice Minister David Lametti even suggested that these sweeping new powers would be used to target those who are part of the “pro-Trump movement” when he was asked about whether those who donated to the Freedom Convoy because of their opposition to vaccine mandates should be worried about their bank accounts being frozen.
“If you are a member of…a pro-Trump movement who’s donating hundreds of thousands of dollars or millions of dollars to this kind of thing, then you oughta be worried,” Lametti said.
Shortly after the Canadian government announced these sweeping financial surveillance and censorship measures, the RCMP issued an order to all FINTRAC regulated companies in Canada and demanded that they cease transacting with 34 crypto wallets that are allegedly associated with the Freedom Convoy’s fundraising efforts. The order also demands that these companies report “any information about a transaction or proposed transaction” related to these addresses.
Greg Taylor, chief investment officer of fund manager Purpose Investments Inc., told BNN Bloomberg Television that the Trudeau government’s order had “caught everyone off guard.”
Philippe Jette, senior consultant to the Rivemont Crypto Fund, described the censorship of money as “something we see in an authoritarian country, not one like Canada” and warned that “freezing accounts for political reasons is a big, big slippery slope.”
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Most terrorism and war is "fake".
Narrow is the way...few will approach the gate. God luck to you and yours.
Carney on the list.
https://www.henrymakow.com/committee_of_300.html
Good history of canada inc. https://canadianpatriot.org/2022/02/14/the-true-story-behind-the-october-crisis-of-1970-must-be-told/
They used to teach labor studies.
Cliff notes. Strike and break things.
Because some brown noser in the meeting threw that in. Thats why.
Unite against covid19 indeed.
Drug sales woe man
Mild reaction to dna modification...and now.
The whether.
Tie her up!
$ continues paying off ceos to require wax proof unti ceos cannot sleep soundly.
They must just itch to kill.
Ive seen men practically jerking off over weapon kill power stats.
Total bullshit from MIT.
1/2 the 65 scientists in a UN 2012 study also called bullshit on this. Said population at or beyond 8 billion is sustainable.
https://na.unep.net/geas/archive/pdfs/geas_jun_12_carrying_capacity.pdf
Greedy corporates who make sht disposible products are not sustainable.
If new wins arent shut it means win is captured.
Party time in langley
Anal porn conspiracy
4 downvotes from claws swab.
State gone wild. Social contract broken.
Mask.
2 weeks.
Shots.
More shots.
X.
Better late than never.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/29/17/2A16F4D200000578-3143237-image-a-75_1435594695115.jpg
This explanation diagram does not look right... looks like daytime. Not nighttime.
Sun is too small.
Where's a 3d animation?
He bent over and took it. Probably wont take revenge.
I get it. It's all part of their sick masquerade. What these sick fucks have done to our world. Revenge wont be enough.
Wrong on so long ago.
For gods sake man, the reason they win is cause they think in 100 year increments.
LONGER.
They know how to reincarnate specifically back into elite families. I know this for a fact. I have fucked people who know how to do this.
So long ago.
C'mon man.
Your talk of a shtty little donation. You're thinking as small as they like you to think.
Fuck that.
She's controlled opposition, whether she likes it or even realizes it on a conscious level. But she damm well knows she was there.