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Once youtube "cracks down" on one set of free speech, it isn't much of a step to do another set. And another, and another, and eventually the only content left
by skookumchuck 9y ago
Once youtube "cracks down" on one set of free speech, it isn't much of a step to do another set. And another, and another, and eventually the only content left will be Mr. Rogers.
- jonnydubowsky 9y agoRestaurants post signs, "no shirt, no shoes, no service" dry cleaners say, "no ticket, no shirt". Private companies get to define their terms of service, and as a customer, you can boycott their business if you don't like their rules. You don't have freedom of speech on a privately owned streaming platform.
- skookumchuck 9y agoIn general, I agree with you. But I am concerned about a couple things. First is the recent law passed by Congress making the owners of such platforms liable for what users post there. This will have a massive "chilling effect". The next is the increasing propensity of people to sue those platforms for speech they don't like, and the social bullying applied to companies that don't conform to PC speech behavior.