YouTube declares it has ‘Moral Responsibility’ to rig Election for Biden

YouTube had declared that it has a moral responsibility to tweak its algorithm in order to help the Democrats defeat Trump in the 2024 election.

According to YouTube’s chief product officer, Johanna Voolich, YouTube is laser-focussed on ensuring Trump doesn’t set foot in the White House again.

Voolich says YouTube’s strategy for helping rig the election for Biden could be summed up as, four R’s – namely, YouTube’s remove, raise, reward, reduce content approach – that’s as per a blog post published by YouTube itself.

Reclaimthenet.org reports: And then, C would be speculative, for censorship – which is what these supposedly fair and uplifting actions in reality end up achieving.

If you thought any of this could be achieved by YouTube without boosting authoritative content – think again. That is still a solid pledge, regurgitated by Voolich.

And if you thought somebody would finally come out and clearly spell out how, and according to whose definition, content gets to be dubbed authoritative or otherwise – just don’t hold your breath.

The sum total is that YouTube has a new product manager, but that nothing has changed.

Certainly not in this year of election. And while Voolich made perfunctory references to creators benefiting from new features, and even being heard (via feedback), they also learn that when that’s convenient, AI is advertised as a tool to “empower creativity.

Otherwise, AI is denounced as a scourge to democracy itself. But when all that’s said, there’s the overarching issue of YouTube’s responsibility.

To do what, you might wonder – give its users/creators the best tools and opportunities – or act as proxy campaigner for a certain political and ideological option, in the USA, but also, elsewhere in the world.

YouTube’s self-professed 4 R’s of responsibility may or may not provide some insight into what the answer to that serious question might be.

News Punch / ABC Flash Point News 2024.