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Whether it's Huxley or Orwell, they're both dystopias. EDIT>> My mistake, censorship falls clearly under Orwell
by daenz 5y ago
Whether it's Huxley or Orwell, they're both dystopias.
EDIT>> My mistake, censorship falls clearly under Orwell
- hyperbovine 5y agoThat’s a dangerous false equivalence.
- _yoqn 5y agoNah, Huxley. Netflix is our Soma.
- dgellow 5y agoHonestly, we are so far into what was considered dystopian in the past century, I don’t know if that even make sense to still use that type of categorization. But to actually answer your comment: 1. A company removing proven disinformation is quite far from what censorship is. Also not really something that would be considered dystopian. 2. I would disagree that Orwell work is about “censorship is bad”. His work is IMHO more about exploring risks caused by attempt to do population surveillance and control. Spreading lies and falsehood consistently to destroy any understanding of an actual situation, the way Trump does by lying about election fraud, is way closer to the Orwellian nightmare than YouTube removing that content.
- daenz 5y ago2. It's more extreme than that though. YouTube banned a reputable news source for reporting on a story in which Trump tangentially mentioned election fraud. That's pretty Orwellian imo.
- dgellow 5y agoIt's not banned. If you read the source you will see their channel is suspended, meaning it cannot upload for a few days. From the article: > The Hill’s channel is unable to upload new videos for seven days, although its older videos can still be accessed.