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YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denying election results

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Post by lliamander »

heavyset_go wrote: post #24
empressplay wrote: post #4

I see a number of defamation cases Google won based on neutrality being relitigated in the near future. But that's okay, they have deep pockets.

The CDA ensures that any operator of an interactive computer service is not liable for user uploaded content, even if the operator curates user content.

As it should.

But the capricousness and arrogance with which these platforms treat their users (both content creators and viewers) is not a good long term strategy. I mean, was the Hill supposed to know the content was prohibited? And how are people going to be able to actually access the news of the day? Certainly seems to me like YouTube wants users to go elsewhere.

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Post by jorgesborges »

xiphias2 wrote: post #37
jorgesborges wrote: post #22

I’m becoming more convinced that the future I’ve been planning simply won’t be possible in the decades to come. The world is scarcely recognizable. And having experienced nothing but peace and prosperity makes me feel woefully unprepared. The WEIRD world is becoming increasingly more authoritarian. I’m already detached from real conflict and scarcity, knowing nothing but peace and prosperity, and the TikTok generatio…

Meming about and being afraid of WW3 is critical in containing/deescalating it. WW1 happened partly because nobody was afraid of it happenning.

I agree in a sense. But my point is that the memes don’t carry purpose or urgency because the possibility of a catastrophic world war feels remote. Just like the possibility that our democracy might vanish in an instant.

Re: YouTube suspends The Hill for playing clip of Trump denying election results

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Post by hatware »

pfisch wrote: post #27
cm2187 wrote: post #8

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To be fair they let Trump run with this stuff a long time. It was really only after he led an attempted insurrection based on these "claims" that they shut down his ability to keep spreading this stuff.

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Post by natsup123490 »

jorgesborges wrote: post #22

I’m becoming more convinced that the future I’ve been planning simply won’t be possible in the decades to come. The world is scarcely recognizable. And having experienced nothing but peace and prosperity makes me feel woefully unprepared. The WEIRD world is becoming increasingly more authoritarian. I’m already detached from real conflict and scarcity, knowing nothing but peace and prosperity, and the TikTok generatio…

Hard times and war change people. Many changes are negative: poorer, less secure, less trusting, more fearful, devastating losses.

But other changes are for the better. And you don't need war to make these changes. If you make them before hard times come, you'll be better prepared for them: becoming more stoic (less emotional, less offended at everything), becoming more serious, more resourceful, more self-reliant, lowering your expectations, being more humble, being more careful with your words and who you speak openly with, knowing your place instead of speaking for the whole of humanity, being better able to negotiate, being better able to compromise, being more tolerant of other opinions, appreciating the wisdom of our ancestors more, and focusing more on what really matters.

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Post by lliamander »

k2enemy wrote: post #19
coolso wrote: post #10

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Over the past year I've switched from Google search to DDG; Google Maps to Apple Maps; Chromecast to Apple TV+; and Drive to Dropbox. I've held off on switching away from Gmail, but I'm switching to something else tonight. Suggestions welcome. By the way, not that I would support this at all (since I believe in free speech), but any idea if any speeches from Putin or Xi, or official government accounts from either co…

A common suggestion, and one that I myself chose, is Fastmail. I have nothing but good things to say about them. Fairly inexpensive, fast, and great tools for using a custom domain (which I also highly recommend).

How do you choose a name for a custom domain?

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Post by dmix »

bashinator wrote: post #35
hammock wrote: post #11

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Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

Not at all. Google is a private concern with the right to publish or not any content they see fit. That they can defacto censor opinions they don’t approve of is a failure of the market.

It’s funny how “as long as you can = you should” works here for Google et al but we’d never apply that logic to a million other social issues we have.

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Post by choward »

bashinator wrote: post #35
hammock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

Not at all. Google is a private concern with the right to publish or not any content they see fit. That they can defacto censor opinions they don’t approve of is a failure of the market.

This argument is only valid if the government wasn't pressuring Google. Because they are Google can now use it as an excuse to censor whatever it wants. The government also has big contracts with Google so they can use that as leverage too. This is another form of government censorship that actually benefits Google. The government and Google are both at fault.

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Post by andy_ppp »

Applejinx wrote: post #53
erichocean wrote: post #36

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John Mearsheimer is now "Russian propaganda"? LOL

Yup. Literal verbatim Kremlin narrative and framing. Not sure what's LOL about that. Have you never seen this before?

His thesis is an explanation not an endorsement. He basically says Russia will not let Ukraine join NATO, for the same reasons that if in 20 years China wants to put a military base in Canada. It’s not right what Putin is doing but it makes sense…

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choward wrote: post #65
KaoruAoiShiho wrote: post #21

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So anything that places any blame on the west is propaganda? So you think this Russia Ukraine conflict just started in 2022? These people aren't claiming that Putin did the right thing. They're just claiming that the US isn't completely innocent in all of this.

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