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I don't understand why they should be blocking this stuff, particularly if categorised correctly. It's not like there isn't a bunch of misinformation and manip

I don't understand why they should be blocking this stuff, particularly if categorised correctly. It's not like there isn't a bunch of misinformation and manipulation in mainstream media anyway. Why not instead stop assuming everyone needs protecting from the 'bads' and let people make up their own minds (and sure, that won't go perfectly well). Creating some shows on how to do critical thinking might be a start... This push to only give people only 'correct' information (as determined by who?) is as concerning as nut jobs pushing fringe conspiracy theories to a broader audience.

blablabla123 8y ago
Yeah but people grew up in different perspectives on media. As a teenager I've seen Bowling for Columbine in the movie theater and also read books from Michael Moore which are highly manipulative already. Still, everybody hyped his work at the time and on first sight this was hard to get. At that time (early 2000s) other revealing documentaries became popular, for instance Zeitgeist. At the time it seemed a bit shallow and repetitive in context of similar productions, but I wouldn't ever have called someone watching this Conspiracy Theorist. Today the landscape changed totally, those kinds of "documentaries" produced today are created at much greater pace and still reasonable professional quality, probably because both tools and creators got more professional. But what didn't change is, when you watch one of these films, I guess, it still seems reasonable to a degree. Of course they build on something tangible, like how currencies are created, what Fiat money is, the really crazy stuff comes then in subsequent episodes. IMHO this is like a cult because a whole (social) network of websites is associated to this nowadays. But when stuff is hosted on YouTube etc. their rating system should at least provide an appropriate scam flagging on a community level.

blablabla123 8y ago

Yeah but people grew up in different perspectives on media. As a teenager I've seen Bowling for Columbine in the movie theater and also read books from Michael Moore which are highly manipulative already. Still, everybody hyped his work at the time and on first sight this was hard to get. At that time (early 2000s) other revealing documentaries became popular, for instance Zeitgeist. At the time it seemed a bit shallow and repetitive in context of similar productions, but I wouldn't ever have called someone watching this Conspiracy Theorist. Today the landscape changed totally, those kinds of "documentaries" produced today are created at much greater pace and still reasonable professional quality, probably because both tools and creators got more professional. But what didn't change is, when you watch one of these films, I guess, it still seems reasonable to a degree. Of course they build on something tangible, like how currencies are created, what Fiat money is, the really crazy stuff comes then in subsequent episodes. IMHO this is like a cult because a whole (social) network of websites is associated to this nowadays. But when stuff is hosted on YouTube etc. their rating system should at least provide an appropriate scam flagging on a community level.