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Re:YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algo... by fmihaila on Friday March 29, 2019 @02:27PM (#19524236)
> https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1110301264657551360

That Twitter thread is interesting, because it contains a link to a 'This American Life' program that gives a platform to Alex Jones to explain himself. I doubt anyone would call 'This American Life' a platform for spreading conspiracy theories or hate.

In this light, is Joe Rogan, who also allows people like Jones to explain themselves, a moderate or an extremist?

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Re:YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algo... by minikites on Friday March 29, 2019 @05:06PM (#19525678)
You have to look at what both Joe Rogan and This American Life do in a larger context, which should clarify the differences. I do think that TAL should not have given airtime to Alex Jones because it really is that dangerous to give him (and people like him) a platform.
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