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YouTube: An open letter to our community (twitter.com/youtube)
14 points by DLay on Jan 9, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


Context: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/02/outcry-as-yout...

Apparently a YouTube 'celebrity' released a video showing the body of a man in Japan who had committed suicide. YouTube is apologising for not having dealt better with the issue.


Context?

Its a bit ironic to open with "You deserve to know what's going on.", and not explain the background prompting the message.




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