{"id":8289,"date":"2020-10-07T08:57:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8289"},"modified":"2020-10-07T08:58:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T14:58:20","slug":"civics-judge-jury-stifling-dissent-on-youtube-google-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8289","title":{"rendered":"Civics: Judge & Jury: Stifling Dissent on Youtube (Google), etc."},"content":{"rendered":"

Olina Banerji<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Byju\u2019s-WhiteHat Jr duo have weaponised opaque yet stringent copyright infringement rules on social media to their own benefit<\/p>\n

One of Pradeep Poonia’s YouTube videos criticising WhiteHat Jr was taken down; Aniruddha Malpani was booted out of LinkedIn<\/p>\n

Poonia, Malpani claim Byju’s is targeting their critical posts through third-party anti-piracy firms, taking down posts they deem unviable<\/p>\n

Platform rules have made entities judge and jury, despite claims of neutrality; legal complaints, a shift to other channels seem to be only recourse<\/p>\n

Two individuals from two different walks of life have challenged the prowess of edtech giants Byju\u2019s and WhiteHat Jr. But a system of strategic social media takedowns\u2014of posts and people\u2014threatens their right to dissent and criticise<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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When you weaponize, & automate, copyright notices so brands can take down any content they don’t like, not just copyright-infringing content, & platforms enable that at scale! If only someone hired such firms for taking trolls & abusers off social media!https:\/\/t.co\/41OOvDNN7L<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gQZ7OrZgBI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Subrahmanyam KVJ (@SuB8u) October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n