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Even more naive if you think corporations and media owners aren't influencing governments, and aren't carpet bombing social media platforms with views and comme
by TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
Even more naive if you think corporations and media owners aren't influencing governments, and aren't carpet bombing social media platforms with views and comments to try to suppress views that don't benefit them.
Overt de-platforming is just the most obvious kind of censorship. Inexplicably, those who label themselves free speech advocates rarely seem genuinely concerned about the more covert kinds of influencing.
- chasd00 5y ago“Influencing” is the right word. YouTube corporate is probably the most powerful influencer there ever was. After the lab leak ban fiasco you would think they would quietly abandon this. But no, it’s all laid completely bare now. YouTube has a political agenda to push and they’re pushing it.