People have incredibly short memories, but media conglomerates have ALWAYS been in the business of curating and censoring content.
Sometimes it’s about agenda, but more often than not, it’s about ad revenue and shielding themselves from risk.
This is more about spending themselves from risk because YouTube has been getting a lot of flack for actively spreading misinformation with their recommendation engine, which goes beyond merely hosting it.
If Google REALLY had an agenda, why did they let their recommendation engine push these videos while millions of people around the world died?
The truth is Internet media companies chose to profit from the engagement that misinformation was providing.
All of this censorship you see today is a big meaningless public relations show.
Conglomerates don’t care about free speech and they definitely don’t care about misinformation.
Yes - Those were my supporting points. It should go without saying that popular things are often not true.
My main point is they’re not doing this out of some agenda. They’re doing this to deflect that their algorithms PROMOTED misinformation via their recommendation engine.
That’s a step beyond hosting content.
Honestly, this PR strategy is working too. Look at how many dopes are arguing whether YouTube should or shouldn’t censor their content.
Sometimes it’s about agenda, but more often than not, it’s about ad revenue and shielding themselves from risk.
This is more about spending themselves from risk because YouTube has been getting a lot of flack for actively spreading misinformation with their recommendation engine, which goes beyond merely hosting it.
If Google REALLY had an agenda, why did they let their recommendation engine push these videos while millions of people around the world died?
The truth is Internet media companies chose to profit from the engagement that misinformation was providing.
All of this censorship you see today is a big meaningless public relations show.
Conglomerates don’t care about free speech and they definitely don’t care about misinformation.
They care about revenue.