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It's amazing how widespread the idea that that, because it's legal for private organisations to take down whatever content they like, no-one should criticise th
by makomk 10y ago
It's amazing how widespread the idea that that, because it's legal for private organisations to take down whatever content they like, no-one should criticise them for it has become. However could this belief that benefits those with immense influence over the public discourse have become so common?
- mzw_mzw 10y agoI don't think there's any kind of actual conspiracy going on; it's just that this argument is a convenient political soldier. If these companies were censoring the other side politically, it's the other political side that would be deploying it.
- majormajor 10y agoYour tone suggests some sort of nefarious plot, but in the US that idea is widely consistent with fairly prevalent preferences for strong private property rights and a distrust of regulation that predates mass media. A business owner is seen as more like the average person than is a regulator or other academic "public discourse"-spouting person. Today they're telling Youtube what to do, tomorrow they're telling your company what to do... See also positions on NIMBYism vs "it's my land, why can't I build whatever I want?", Uber and AirBNB vs existing regulations, and many others.