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The new procedures announced are a very small step to make this a more transparent organization. Yes, it’s a business for profit, which coincides, with a public need for social discourse and stimuli. However, You tube has evolved to become a component of the fifth estate, an important player in the development of our civil society. This new role carries responsibilities, professionalism and accountability in its management to not only its shareholders, but also to its public account holders and society at large, which drive the content and popularity of the site.
Therefore, I am quite perplexed by their seemingly high-handed and cloaked behaviour regarding what appears to be the ability of "unknown actors" to drive the content and direction of You tube to the detriment of the public good and its account holders. A case in point ( xenutv1) is the seemingly arbitrary removal of account holders without proper notice nor explanation of why they might have transgressed fair principles or site rules and the absolute Byzantine procedures for rectifying misunderstandings or receiving an explanation. For anyone who may doubt the present statement, I invite you to try to find the place on the website where you may make an enquiry regarding your account.
I am concerned that this business may be heading down a path that is so crucial to society that we should not allow it to continue self-regulated in its present management style. These new procedures appear to only rectify notification of suspension and do not provide a path of discourse regarding the transgression of rules or the advertising pressures to exclude content.
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It's always good to here something that is positive because most of the times when you see new policy changes it's about a bigger hammer being held over your head.
Although the policies and rules instituted by the companies we frequent are there for a reason and should never be violated on purpose there are instances when violations are committed due to interpretative issues. Also as we use more and more spam filters we may miss some emails so it's a good policy to notify when you access the site if a warning is issued. Spam filters are Damn funny things they will allow one email through from a company and then not allow another and sometimes I can't figure out why.
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