Well, more seriously speaking, there's a serious issue behind these anecdotes: with things like Content ID and automated moderation, I see no alternative to any platforms for user generated content with even the slightest of commercial interests gradually transitioning towards alternative outlets for corporate media.
The problem being, I do not see an alternative.
Clearly, there are vital economic incentives for these platforms to pacify those first, who are both the biggest threat to them (in terms of lawsuits) and the sole or major source of income. Clearly, big platforms like these can't be viably worked without any amount of moderation (as there are bad actors out there) and realistically also without at least some oversight of the IP situation. (The latter may change eventually, as soon as there is corporate IP exclusively on these platforms. Direct and indirect content filtering as by recommendation systems will eventually ensure this, with more and more professionalized user channels becoming alternative media corporations themselves.) Clearly, more conventional measures, like community efforts (or sanctioning by social convention), won't do as the world has become too divided for this and there is no guarantee that social norms will always conclude with the vital economic interests of the platform. For the big platforms, there seems to be no way around automation (which is also enforced by the EU), but this is also clearly dysfunctional.
So, how do we get out of this mess? (Any proposals are welcome.)
Well, more seriously speaking, there's a serious issue behind these anecdotes: with things like Content ID and automated moderation, I see no alternative to any platforms for user generated content with even the slightest of commercial interests gradually transitioning towards alternative outlets for corporate media.
The problem being, I do not see an alternative.
Clearly, there are vital economic incentives for these platforms to pacify those first, who are both the biggest threat to them (in terms of lawsuits) and the sole or major source of income. Clearly, big platforms like these can't be viably worked without any amount of moderation (as there are bad actors out there) and realistically also without at least some oversight of the IP situation. (The latter may change eventually, as soon as there is corporate IP exclusively on these platforms. Direct and indirect content filtering as by recommendation systems will eventually ensure this, with more and more professionalized user channels becoming alternative media corporations themselves.) Clearly, more conventional measures, like community efforts (or sanctioning by social convention), won't do as the world has become too divided for this and there is no guarantee that social norms will always conclude with the vital economic interests of the platform. For the big platforms, there seems to be no way around automation (which is also enforced by the EU), but this is also clearly dysfunctional.
So, how do we get out of this mess? (Any proposals are welcome.)