it’s very sad. on a somewhat related topic, i think some media tech firms are violating this law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola https://en.m.wikipedia.

it’s very sad. on a somewhat related topic, i think some media tech firms are violating this law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola but indirectly when an algorithm censors one form of content over another, then it is indirectly supporting the alternative. which is tuned based on biases, those biases pad the pockets of like minded people within their social sphere, their circle of influence. but the perception is there that this is what everyone wants, so a percentage of people (competition in many cases) gets censored. if this was like a small corner bar and someone was advertising their business inside someone else’s bar, then yeah i get it, your house, your rules, but censoring someone on a platform that is larger than many nations put together seems dangerous.