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They present NBC News on their platform "YouTube" which directly competes in the media space with other news outlets. They also have an issue if they start usi
by surge 6y ago
They present NBC News on their platform "YouTube" which directly competes in the media space with other news outlets.
They also have an issue if they start using this tactic to pull the rug out from outlets critical of the companies other divisions. If an outlet reports on an issue with say, a Pixel phone, and suddenly the advertising for that outlet dries up...or they come up with an excuse about comments, knowing full well they also have comments on their platforms that violate their own policy. Well you can see where there is a lopsided enforcement or double standard and this can be wielded to coerce speech or extort a company into giving favorable reviews. Which is already a problem given access media practices. I wouldn't care so much if there was another few advertising players in the market.
One isolated incident isn't cause for concern, but there's been enough of this to establish a pattern.