What did you expect? Several years ago Google openly declared that they are turning evil :)
Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
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Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#12This is a good thing. It was only a matter of time before the perceived total unlimited sense of freedom of speech that pervaded the internet turned toxic. There's an expression "free as in speech or free as in beer," but in reality both of those things cost money.
Ah, and internet mobs and companies should decide for us? This is a very, very troubling perspective.
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I for one, welcome our corporate overlords deciding what ideas are good for us and what ideas are bad for us. Thinking is difficult!
Don’t worry. Once all the speech loopholes have been closed, I’m sure they’ll figure out how to fix the remaining thought loopholes too.
Yes, I think Neuralink is working on that problem! I'll just connect mine directly to Google Cloud!
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#14To Jordan Chariton exclaiming in all caps:
> How are journalists supposed to chronicle history if YouTube — and others — are outlawing it?
Regardless of what YouTube says, they are an advertiser-friendly entertainment website. Why in God's name would you use it to "chronicle history"?
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#15Just 3 hours ago a group of teens live streamed themselves stabbing a 15 year old girl to death in Louisiana [1]. Like twitch swatting this is not a new phenomenon. Clearly something needs to be done to discourage or eliminate such content. [1]: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/4-teen-girls-char...
Do you have any evidence that this contributed to the actual act?
If anything, this just provides good evidence that will put the idiots in prison.
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#16Just 3 hours ago a group of teens live streamed themselves stabbing a 15 year old girl to death in Louisiana [1]. Like twitch swatting this is not a new phenomenon. Clearly something needs to be done to discourage or eliminate such content. [1]: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/4-teen-girls-char...
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Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#17This is a good thing. It was only a matter of time before the perceived total unlimited sense of freedom of speech that pervaded the internet turned toxic. There's an expression "free as in speech or free as in beer," but in reality both of those things cost money.
I for one, welcome our corporate overlords deciding what ideas are good for us and what ideas are bad for us. Thinking is difficult!
In a free market you can choose who your corporate “overlords” are. So; which are you for?
Should the government prevent monopolies from having free speech? Because telling google or whoever what or what not they allow in their private platforms is anti free speech.
0r should the government simply prevent monopolies so you have the choice to go somewhere else to consume whatever frothing angry garbage you wish to consume?
You don’t get to have it both ways but both are contrarian to ridiculous libertarian ideals- funny how that works.
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#18Just 3 hours ago a group of teens live streamed themselves stabbing a 15 year old girl to death in Louisiana [1]. Like twitch swatting this is not a new phenomenon. Clearly something needs to be done to discourage or eliminate such content. [1]: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/4-teen-girls-char...
The article is talking about Google's suppression of independent reporting content that regularly appears on the news. It has nothing to do with anyone being killed.
Re: Silicon Valley is shutting down speech loopholes. Latest target: live content
#19Just 3 hours ago a group of teens live streamed themselves stabbing a 15 year old girl to death in Louisiana [1]. Like twitch swatting this is not a new phenomenon. Clearly something needs to be done to discourage or eliminate such content. [1]: https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/4-teen-girls-char...
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#20To Jordan Chariton exclaiming in all caps: > How are journalists supposed to chronicle history if YouTube — and others — are outlawing it? Regardless of what YouTube says, they are an advertiser-friendly entertainment website. Why in God's name would you use it to "chronicle history"?
> Why in God's name would you use it to "chronicle history"?
Because for better or for worse these platforms have become the public square. They are where modern life happens.