YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke

Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by zimpenfish on Monday May 04, 2020 @04:54AM (#23065827)

I think "routinely" is overstating it. These days, "infrequently" is probably more accurate. US politics is very much of the monied, for the monied. Without a huge warchest, barring odd circumstances[1], you've got little chance of making it through the various filters.

[1] e.g an extremely unpopular incumbent against a popular challenger with excellent ground game.

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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by WalterBright on Monday May 04, 2020 @03:19PM (#23072149)

Let's look at Presidents:

Obama - commoner

Clinton - commoner

Reagan - commoner

Carter - commoner

Ford - commoner

Nixon - commoner

Truman - commoner

Sounds like routinely to me.

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Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke by tomhoward on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:28AM (#23066723)

> politics is very much of the monied, for the monied

This is somewhat true of course (though Obama is a notable recent exception).

Indeed it's pretty true in most countries and systems of government (though my closest experience is here in Australia, where all our prime ministers going back almost 40 years, and most others in our ~120 year history, have come from modest origins).

But the topic at hand is freedom of speech/expression.

Whose interests are likely to be served, ultimately, by constraints on speech/expression?

Those already holding power, or those seeking to reform/subvert the system?

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