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kylehotchkiss | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
I wonder what new and incredible things American teens will learn about themselves and life tomorrow now that their phones are boring. Too bad this probably ends Monday.
dqv | parent | next
Oh did they ban YouTube too? Thank God.

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/12/11/teens-social...

joshdavham | root | parent | next
YouTube is currently the app that is ruining my life...
wslh | root | parent
It is also weird that a few days ago in the YouTube non official SoaceX channel with millions of subscribers, an artificial Elon Musk asked people to send cryptocurrencies to an address. This was the biggest scam at scale in realtime that I experienced.
pixl97 | root | parent | next
>YouTube non official SoaceX channel with millions of subscribers

This is a 50/50 split between YT and SpaceX on the problem.

That spaceX does not broadcast it live on YT leaves an opening for the scammers to get a popular channel up.

Now, the scammer channels you see are what happens when an actual big name channel with a lot of followers gets hacked, all the old videos deleted, then they start that feed of the launch and turn it to a bitcoin scam at/right after the launch part.

wslh | root | parent
It’s worth noting that SpaceX has the freedom to choose not to broadcast on YouTube. However, YouTube bears significant responsibility for addressing scams on a large scale. This isn’t about nitpicking a minor video but about taking action against the platform’s top content of the day when it involves scams.
pixl97 | root | parent
SpaceX does have the freedom to choose, but as they say, freedom isn't free and comes with costs. In this case the cost is people that are interested in their launches getting scammed.

It's also difficult on the YT side. Users are 'free' to change their channel name. You are also 'free'ish to broadcast the SpaceX stream, as many other non-bitcoin channels do it. It's really the near end of the broadcast where the scam it self comes in.

This said, YT does need to put a special flag in for channel names like SpaceX and do an immediate check or put some kind of very long delay in particular channel name changes.

wslh | root | parent
What you’re essentially saying about SpaceX is akin to arguing that if you’re free to choose not to carry a gun, you lose the ability to defend yourself against asassins, turning the victim into the responsible.
pixl97 | root | parent
Being right also gives you the option of being dead right.
kylehotchkiss | root | parent
I’ve been getting a lot of garbage grade YouTube ads too, like a video version of the crude weight loss drawing banner ads that ookla used to serve. I wonder if we’re being punished for using adblockers. Or are you saying the actual video was a scam?
tenebrisalietum | parent
Tiktokers have been discussing where to be reached on other apps for a while now.