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They already have a program that verifies the identity of uploaders called Verified Amateurs, and last year after the NYT published their hit piece and Visa stopped processing payments to them, they removed all amateur videos that weren’t Verified Amateurs, which was most of them.

What’s sad is that you’re having to read this from me, instead of from the original article linked above, that someone who has a college degree in journalism was paid to write.




> What’s sad is that you’re having to read this from me, instead of from the original article linked above, that someone who has a college degree in journalism was paid to write.

Exactly. Also the fact that none of their journalism colleagues wont call out this bad piece of work, reinforces that the news media really isnt trustworthy these days.




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