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YouTube must leave up some videos that are “controversial or even offensive” in order to remain an open platform, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said today.
In her quarterly letter to creators, Wojcicki addressed YouTube’s perpetual struggle with troubling content and how to moderate it, saying that it’s worthwhile for the platform to allow videos the company disagrees with. “A commitment to openness is not easy,” Wojcicki wrote. She says that “hearing a broad range of perspectives ultimately makes us a stronger and more informed society.”
YouTube has long struggled with how to police and limit the spread of troubling videos, from containing conspiracy theories…