ADL's Never Is Now 2019 | ADL International Leadership Award Presented to Sacha Baron Cohen

Why HN readers recommended it

Quoted heavily in moderation and free speech debates, particularly the line about freedom of speech and reach.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Anti-Defamation League

Topic

social media responsibility

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

18

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• This is a thought-provoking speech. Do yourself a favor and watch it in its entirety -- before commenting: [VIDEO] Among the many thorny issues and questions raised by Cohen: * The business model of social media companies is powered by engagement , which is greatest …

• This is a thought-provoking speech. Do yourself a favor and watch it in its entirety -- before commenting: [VIDEO] Among the many thorny issues and questions raised by Cohen: * The business model of social media companies is powered by engagement , which is greatest …

• He gets into the relevant details in his speech at below timestamp [1]: > "Just imagine what Goebbels [2] could have done with Facebook" I think the bottom line is he is good at social engineering, and he recognizes the signs of manipulation at scale. …