It's Episode 400 of Virtual Legality! Today we look at a question some have asked in the wake of the "chain letter" like "Community" posts popping up all over YouTube (including on this very channel), designed around exposing a potential weighting problem in the YouTube algorithm as identified by YouTuber - The Spiffing Brit.

But do YouTubers who advance such a post have anything to worry about under the law?

Let's dive in.

We might just have to add "spiffing" to our vocabulary...in Virtual Legality.

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#YouTube #glitch #algorithm

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Discussed in this episode:

"The Youtube Algorithm Glitch (The Secret Youtube Exploit) - YOUTUBE IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED WEBSITE"

YouTube Video - January 25, 2021 - The Spiffing Brit

https://youtu.be/Ej0Kijd4_4Q

The Spiffing Brit Community Page

https://www.youtube.com/c/TheSpiffingBrit/community

YouTube "Terms of Service"

Updated November 18, 2020

https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms

"Circumvention of copyright protection systems"

17 USC 1201

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201

"Introduction to Contract Damages"

California Jury Instructions

https://www.justia.com/trials-litigation/docs/caci/300/350/

"UNLAWFUL CONTRACTS"

California Civil Code Section 1667

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?division=3.&part=2.&lawCode=CIV&title=4.

"NATURE OF A CONTRACT/Conset"

California Civil Code Section 1572

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=1572.

"Damages for Wrongs"

California Civil Code Section 3333

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&division=4.&title=2.&part=1.&chapter=2.&article=2.

"Exemplary Damages"

California Civil Code Section 3294

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV§ionNum=3294.

"Spam, deceptive practices, & scams policies"

YouTube Community Guidelines

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2801973?hl=en&ref_topic=9282365

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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).

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