Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by brigandish on Friday October 16, 2020 @05:20AM
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> What we're experiencing is the limit of freedom of speech.
What we're experiencing is what happened with the printing press and every communication technology since - the democritisation of communication. That always leads to unrest because it moves power towards the masses.
> You can say that this enabled a level of censorship, but that also enabled to filter a lot of noise.
I would say that because it did, but on the noise point, I cannot listen to or read more than I did then, I only have 24 hours in a day. I can choose from more sources but the volume has not gone up. I am the filter now - should I not be?
Are you going to tell me what I should read and listen to? I have to tell you that I think I can do a better job that you at that, thanks all the same.
What we're experiencing is the limit of freedom of speech.
It used to be that at scale things were controlled by the media and governments because they had the monopoly on the infrastructure required, which was costly.
You can say that this enabled a level of censorship, but that also enabled to filter a lot of noise.