Amazon Removed Anti-Vax Documentaries from Prime Video

Unpopular opinion: I don’t like this. Would much prefer that ideas compete. Id sort of give Amazon a pass since, unlike twitter, Reddit, Facebook & YouTube, it doesn’t make many promises regarding the free exchange of ideas. But still.

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Post by openloop » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 3:11 AM UTC

Good.

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Post by hamandcheese » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 3:12 AM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #5

Unpopular opinion: I don’t like this. Would much prefer that ideas compete. Id sort of give Amazon a pass since, unlike twitter, Reddit, Facebook & YouTube, it doesn’t make many promises regarding the free exchange of ideas. But still.

I suspect you’ll find this opinion is more popular than you expect.

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Post by pbreit » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 3:15 AM UTC

lugg wrote: post #3

It would be better to leave them up but force a disclaimer to scroll along the bottom the entire doco proclaiming factless and fictional in nature. I don't think hiding from these issues is the appropriate response. Nor is pouring gasoline on the fire fueling these conspiracy theories.

Isn’t there an in-between of doing nothing? Asking Amazon to publish an opinion is a pretty big ask. At least deleting the item doesn’t necessarily imply a position.

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Post by goostavos » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 3:16 AM UTC

tedajax wrote: post #2

Good

Silencing ideas is not the way to correct them...

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Post by kevinthew » Sat, Mar 02, 2019, 3:17 AM UTC

hamandcheese wrote: post #7

pbreit wrote: post #5

Unpopular opinion: I don’t like this. Would much prefer that ideas compete. Id sort of give Amazon a pass since, unlike twitter, Reddit, Facebook & YouTube, it doesn’t make many promises regarding the free exchange of ideas. But still.

I suspect you’ll find this opinion is more popular than you expect.

Competing ideas are good but mass public disinformation is one the 21rst century's biggest problems already. There needs to be some counter to this.