Quote (Thor123422 @ Dec 5 2020 02:20pm)

Resurrecting this thread for a case of censorship that I came across recently. I tried posting to the previous thread, but since it hasn't had responses in 90 days it wouldn't let me revive it.

This video outlines information about how the CIA can reasonably be described as a terrorist organization, and all the myriad ways they've screwed over Untied States citizens and dozens of foreign governments, and almost certainly continues to do so.



It's made by a leftist YouTube channel that is virtually never monetized, and virtually never recommended. In addition, it was shadow banned for several days, so it didn't show up in searches even with the exact video title and channel name, and didn't even show up for subscribers for a while.

This is why I don't take conservative takes on conspiracy theories seriously. I follow half a dozen leftist YouTube channels that are virtually never recommended by the YouTube algorithm. Like, I'll listen to a playlist of theirs for an hour at work three days a week, and despite this I go to a new video I'm never automatically redirected to their videos as a recommendation. Meanwhile other less controversial channels I follow will be recommended 50 times despite the fact that I never listen to that channels videos more than once, and if I'm not careful I'll even get my feed actively redirected towards right wing sources. In my personal experience, YouTube actively redirects users away from left wing sources, and actively encourages right wing engagement.

So I don't take claims that the right is censored seriously at all, because I know for a fact that there is more censorship against the left.

Quote (EndlessSky @ Dec 5 2020 01:21pm)

Fun fact, the CIA didn't exist until the cold war and they were arguably very ineffective.

Quote (cambovenzi @ Dec 5 2020 01:22pm)

Quote (cambovenzi @ Dec 5 2020 02:22pm)

Quote (Thor123422 @ Dec 5 2020 08:20pm)

Resurrecting this thread for a case of censorship that I came across recently. I tried posting to the previous thread, but since it hasn't had responses in 90 days it wouldn't let me revive it.

This video outlines information about how the CIA can reasonably be described as a terrorist organization, and all the myriad ways they've screwed over Untied States citizens and dozens of foreign governments, and almost certainly continues to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2khAmMTAjI

It's made by a leftist YouTube channel that is virtually never monetized, and virtually never recommended. In addition, it was shadow banned for several days, so it didn't show up in searches even with the exact video title and channel name, and didn't even show up for subscribers for a while.

This is why I don't take conservative takes on conspiracy theories seriously. I follow half a dozen leftist YouTube channels that are virtually never recommended by the YouTube algorithm. Like, I'll listen to a playlist of theirs for an hour at work three days a week, and despite this I go to a new video I'm never automatically redirected to their videos as a recommendation. Meanwhile other less controversial channels I follow will be recommended 50 times despite the fact that I never listen to that channels videos more than once, and if I'm not careful I'll even get my feed actively redirected towards right wing sources. In my personal experience, YouTube actively redirects users away from left wing sources, and actively encourages right wing engagement.

So I don't take claims that the right is censored seriously at all, because I know for a fact that there is more censorship against the left and the right is actively promoted.

Quote (EndlessSky @ Dec 5 2020 02:39pm)

The state run KGB was one of the big differences between the American capitalist system and the Soviet system. I think THor has a salient point.

Quote (cambovenzi @ 5 Dec 2020 20:54)

'Here is this one leftist channel that is demonetized so i dont take claims that the right is censored seriously at all' is full clown material

so is "I know for a fact that there is more censorship against the left and the right is actively promoted."