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#11
Jun 16 2020 04:30pm
Quote (Kamahl16 @ Jun 16 2020 05:25pm)
Honestly, I wonder what the solution, if any, to the big media problem is in this country.


Societal harms don't have easy solutions. In another world, without the taint of weaponized politicization pervading every facet of society, this wouldn't be an issue. Its like the Civil Rights Act of 1964- if racism wasn't so endemic, we wouldn't need federal intervention. If Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc could be actually trusted to operate freely and fairly without turning into a circlejerking power trippers every time they have the slightest control to abuse, no intervention would be warranted. But right now it would be justified. Not easy to pull off, a complicated and case-by-case requirement that could take some time drafting plans carefully so you don't backfire and create more fascism than the fascism you're fighting.
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Jun 16 2020 04:33pm
Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 16 2020 03:30pm)
Societal harms don't have easy solutions. In another world, without the taint of weaponized politicization pervading every facet of society, this wouldn't be an issue. Its like the Civil Rights Act of 1964- if racism wasn't so endemic, we wouldn't need federal intervention. If Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc could be actually trusted to operate freely and fairly without turning into a circlejerking power trippers every time they have the slightest control to abuse, no intervention would be warranted. But right now it would be justified. Not easy to pull off, a complicated and case-by-case requirement that could take some time drafting plans carefully so you don't backfire and create more fascism than the fascism you're fighting.


Did I imply it would be an easy solution?
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Jun 16 2020 04:40pm
I though these websites were mostly funded by racist billionaires holding petrochemical shares. Weird.
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Jun 16 2020 04:42pm
Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 16 2020 06:30pm)
Societal harms don't have easy solutions. In another world, without the taint of weaponized politicization pervading every facet of society, this wouldn't be an issue. Its like the Civil Rights Act of 1964- if racism wasn't so endemic, we wouldn't need federal intervention. If Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc could be actually trusted to operate freely and fairly without turning into a circlejerking power trippers every time they have the slightest control to abuse, no intervention would be warranted. But right now it would be justified. Not easy to pull off, a complicated and case-by-case requirement that could take some time drafting plans carefully so you don't backfire and create more fascism than the fascism you're fighting.


More government regulation to own the libs.
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Jun 16 2020 04:49pm
Quote (IceMage @ Jun 16 2020 05:42pm)
More government regulation to own the libs.


Yes, I'm a big fan of government intervention to break up corrupt monopolies.
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#16
Jun 16 2020 04:53pm
So go to another search engine if you don't like that google censors things. Have fun trying to monetize LGBTQ content on YouTube, so it's not exactly a one side of the aisle thing. Hell, you can't even make "this is why we should take confederate monuments down" videos on YouTube without getting demonetized for covering a controversial political subject.
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#17
Jun 16 2020 04:59pm
sounds like conservative people like capitalist companies until they disagree with the agenda..
its like CNN is FAKE NEWS
FOX is reliable.
Censor CNN, subsidise FOX.
double standard is deep
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Jun 16 2020 05:07pm


There was this guy... Ghot, who posted about Google censoring results, way back in 2016. Ofc course PaRD didn't like that very much. But today I see cnbc saying the same thing.
Amazing, just amazing.
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#19
Jun 16 2020 05:46pm
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I read that the Federalist disabled comments temporarily so that they can work with Google on the issue. Just don't allow users to say "nigger" or "black people are thugs" and stuff like that and everything will be peachy. Plus, there's always ads through Bing (which is Bing, AOL, and Yahoo).

if someone exhibited thuggish behavior how would you describe said behavior?

https://mobile.twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1272869065929961472
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/disturbing-video-shows-random-attack-hydrant-head-smash-of-92-year-old-woman-in-manhattan/2466659/

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#20
Jun 16 2020 06:43pm
Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 16 2020 02:23pm)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/16/google-bans-zerohedge-and-the-federalist-from-its-ad-platform.html
https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1272997427356680195

Google is now using its ad platform to censor right-wing news outlets, deplatforming ZeroHedge and censoring content on The Federalist, citing such nebulous and selectively enforced criterion as "comments on the sites".
They're now saying that in order to have access to their monopoly on advertising revenue streams, websites must adhere to both Google's political viewpoints and censor their own communities as Google demands.
They of course don't apply any scrutiny to the efficacy of such censorship to their own platforms like Youtube, because lmao read the comments on any video.

So this will be the new normal for Google, wielding its monopoly to enforce its political views to censor the news itself



They're a private corporation. Why do right wingers hate liberty and freedom?
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