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No. For instance, on YouTube, even mentioning COVID would get you demonetized. Thunderf00t's video debunking lack of oxygen through masks was even taken down re
by danuker 4y ago
No. For instance, on YouTube, even mentioning COVID would get you demonetized. Thunderf00t's video debunking lack of oxygen through masks was even taken down repeatedly. [1]
And in the beginning, there were recommendations NOT to wear masks, because masks were not proven effective for THIS PARTICULAR virus. Which would have been impossible, since it was a month old. But my supposition is that the medical community wanted to buy them first, so I wore a scarf.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drN1VyLkEIY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drN1VyLkEIY
- andrepd 4y ago>YouTube demonetisation Isn't this the very point of the GGP comment? Social media algorithms do a very poor job of selecting relevant information to present to users.
- aqme28 4y agoYouTube has an incredibly aggressive demonetization policy. Its moderation is not a reflection of the FDA or CDC or whatever
- danuker 4y agoGoogle and Facebook are so big and so closely tied to the government, they might as well be another branch of government. They might not even be financially viable without government deals like PRISM.
- oblio 4y ago> Google and Facebook are so big and so closely tied to the government, they might as well be another branch of government. By this logic almost every corporate out there is a branch of government. Which is trivially provable as being false. > They might not even be financially viable without government deals like PRISM. This is just absurd :-)))) Do you think Nike's ad money are funneled through PRISM?
- SamoyedFurFluff 4y agoThis reads like goalpost moving. It started with asking why science wasn’t being explained, and then used a private company’s aggressive censorship policies as an example while ignoring the government’s official statements and published studies, which are the actual authorities in the matter.
- wildrhythms 4y agoI don't think 'citizen concerns' has anything to do with Youtube demonetization; you've already moved the goalposts.
- bayesian_horse 4y agoThe reason for the recommendations for not wearing masks was so that health care workers wouldn't run out of PPE.
- danuker 4y agoThey could have said nothing. They could have told the truth. They could have said that people should wear whatever masks or textiles they can.
- naasking 4y agoExcept that's not what they said, right? People like Fauci said there was no reason for the general public to use masks, which is a lie.