Wed. 06/05 - YouTube Takes Action-ish

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🗓️ 5 June 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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YouTube actually DOES make some changes, Peloton is going public, could Prime open Amazon up to anticompetitive scrutiny, more on that Sign in with Apple controversy, and why your local police department might want to buy you Ring doorbell. Sponsors: Eero.com/ride promo code RIDE Tiny.website Links: YouTube just banned supremacist content, and thousands of channels are about to be removed (TheVerge) Peloton, the connected fitness company, has filed to go public (TheVerge) Amazon may soon face an antitrust probe. Here are 3 questions the FTC is asking about it. (Vox/Recode) The SEC Is Suing Kik for Its 2017 ICO (CoinDesk) Netflix Is Testing an Instagram-Like Feed of Photos and Videos (Variety) Facebook shareholder revolt gets bloody: Powerless investors vote overwhelmingly to oust Zuckerberg as chairman (Business Insider) Apple asks developers to place its login button above Google, Facebook (Reuters) An antitrust case looms, and Apple tempts fate (Casey Newton/The Interface) Amazon's helping police build a surveillance network with Ring doorbells (CNET) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Wednesday, June 5th, 2019. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:10.0	YouTube actually does make some changes.
0:13.1	Peloton is going public.
0:15.0	Could Prime Open Amazon up to anti-competitive scrutiny.
0:18.6	More on that sign-in with Apple controversy
0:20.8	and why your local police department might want to buy you a
0:24.7	ring smart doorbell. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.
0:30.3	So I'm not in any way suggesting that this is related, but I guess my rant yesterday had crazy good timing because YouTube today announced its community guidelines
0:46.3	were changing in order to ban videos that promote the superiority of any group
0:52.3	over any other group in order to justify discrimination.
0:56.8	This is widely expected to result in the removal of thousands of YouTube channels.
1:02.4	Quoting Casey Newton in The Verge.
1:05.0	The openness of YouTube's platform has helped creativity and access to information thrive,
1:10.0	the company said in a blog post.
1:12.0	It's our responsibility to protect that and
1:14.3	prevent our platform from being used to incite hatred, harassment, discrimination
1:18.7	and violence end quote. The changes announced on Wednesday attempt to improve its content moderation in three ways.
1:27.0	First, the ban on supremacist will remove Nazis and other extremists who advocate segregation or exclusion based on age, gender, race, religion, sexual
1:35.8	orientation or veteran status.
1:37.9	In addition to these categories, YouTube is adding caste, which has significant implications in India and well documented
1:45.7	violent events such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and 9-11.
1:51.0	Users are no longer allowed to post videos saying those events did not happen, YouTube
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