Can I ask a dumb question? Even if this was true and for the sake of argument we assume that the dude is an Iranian propagandist of some kind, so what? Why does that justify removing the account?
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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Zionists have a stranglehold on social media.
Probably because of US sanctions on Iran, which prohibits the delivery of services for individuals or companies in Iran.
"independent British journalist Robert Inlakesh"
I guess they can just decide that anyone they don't like is Iranian and remove them.
I think the youtube removal is a load of crap, dont get me wrong...
... But yes, the british part means nothing. You can have russian spies act like american journalists too. Welcome to international espionage and infiltrations. Stuff like that has happened since the middle ages :')
But he's in Palestine. No?
If he's an Iranian agent, it might apply anywhere.
I doubt any proof was used or provided though
That's what's so fun about relying on private companies for this kind of infrastructure.
Because of good old propaganda. I know, its fucking bullshit.
Damn, we need to get out of youtube
There is no youtube alternative. I've been begging Lemmy to find me one and nothing. Also, anyone constantly getting the Turning Point ads despite blocking them and reporting them?
A service like youtube is simply hard to pull of with bailing twine and string (like lemmy).
A core part of the service that youtube offers is re-encoding uploads. That requires some beefy hardware to serve even a moderate number of people.
Vimeo was supposed to be that alternative but instead it's just art house stuff now.
Surely someone's had the idea of doing the re-encoding client-side before uploading. That seems to me the obvious solution, especially since online creators already generally have beefy hardware for video editing.
It's a mess. You first run into bandwidth problems on the incoming streams. But you also run into a problem with the device support matrix.
If you say "We'll support H.264, H.265, AV1, AV2" and "We'll support 480p, 720p, 1080p, 4k". Now you'd be asking the clients to do 16 different encodes to upload.
This gets more complicated if you add more streams or supported formats. You also end up needing to coordinate that with the client.
AFAIK, the way youtube currently handles this problem is they have dedicated encoders for live streams and fast encoding. For popular videos they do a second step where they do a more full matrix to optimize viewership.
IDK what youtube does for storage (if anything).
Plus, what happens when you change what you support in the future? You can't go back to the user and say "hey can you re upload the video again pretty please" because they almost certainly won't care, or even have it any more. Even a lot of professionals don't keep an archive of their work.
PeerTube? Is that what it’s called? I’ve never used it.
I love the concept of peer tube. The reality of it needs a lot of work.
Perhaps a not for profit, focused on funding and supporting creators for peer tube could fix a lot of the issues. It's a huge hurdle that keeps many on YouTube. That and providing base minimal infrastructure to seed the media.
If you're seeing ads on YouTube, you're doing it wrong.
I have an iPhone. I use ad guard. These are ads when I'm searching for videos.
I use youtube in safari and adguard works, and I can listen to audio in the background/have PIP. Maybe it's my plebe eyes but since I watch mostly video essays, I don't even notice the 720p limit on a screen that small.
Stop using youtube.
Start using PeerTube.
I don’t think PeerTube will ever replace YouTube. I love the idea behind PeerTube, but all the content creators are on YouTube because that’s where they can monetize their content. That’s not really going to happen on PeerTube.
While I wouldn't trust Google on anything, the "journalist" cited in this article worked for Iranian foreign propaganda outlet Press TV. Even though what Google did was wrong, that's a massive red flag. Working for Press TV is no different than Google working for the American far right oligarch regime.
On the one hand, yeah maybe he was operating as a propaganda agent for Iran. But they deleted his whole account, his email, his drive contents, and every video he uploaded. His life's work nuked from orbit.
You can't swing a dead cat on YouTube without hitting 1200 different propaganda agents working for various political wings. When was the last time Google obliterated a joirnalist from Newsmax or Xinhua?
I agree on all counts.
I am just pointing out that working for Press TV is just as bad what Google does.
Agree 100%. It's naked hypocrisy.
Probably because of US sanctions on Iran, which prohibits the delivery of services for individuals or companies in Iran.