'60 Minutes' Grills YouTube CEO: Why Aren't You Censoring More People?

During the interview, the CBS reporter demanded to know why YouTube isnt censoring more hate speech and conspiracy theories.

This comes even as other sections of the mainstream media worry that authoritarian countries are using terms invented by left-wing journalists in the west, like fake news, as tools of censorship.

Stahl also expressed concern about the widely-reported phenomenon that the people tech companies assign to review potential conspiracy theories on their platforms often end up believing the alleged conspiracy theories.

MediaPoliticsTech60 MinutesCBSCBS NewsCensorshipFree Speech OnlineGoogleInternet CensorshipLeslie StahlMasters of the UniverseSusan WojcickiYoutube

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