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> [Google is] policing speech on their platform Howso? Zerohedge and Federalist publish their content on their own websites. Should Google be forced to serve a
by chockablock 6y ago
> [Google is] policing speech on their platform
Howso? Zerohedge and Federalist publish their content on their own websites. Should Google be forced to serve ads to their readers and cut them checks every month? (I would say no). Is anyone stopping these publishers from cutting their own deals with advertisers? (I think the answer is no).
- lliamander 6y agoA policy like that may be fine in and of itself but I think a number of factors make the action suspect: * does Google have a monopoly in the online advertising space? Is their content policy only feasible because of that monopoly power? * does Google apply that policy fairly across all of it's customers, or is there selective enforcement with a political bias? * does Google hold it's own content platforms (like YouTube) to the same standard?
- DeonPenny 6y agoThey could but just like we don't just have this same sentiment towards electrical companies. Where we don't say hey use a smaller utility company because its so difficult to bifurcate a natural monopoly like that. Also you'd also need to remove article 230 because they need to explain why they are doing this if they are actively doing it to make sure its not prejudice. I feel like the democrats politicians and the super left people are ok with it now but this opens the door for them to be effected in the same way if this isn't monitored, but they are thinking short sighted.