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A comment on YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread election fraud. Parent comment

Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by GordonS on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @04:38PM (#25365527)
> Who cares?! As you said, Fox is crappy news so they don't get my business

I wish I could brush it off so easily, but the truth is that, well, the truth, does matter. You or I might choose to consume "news" from the likes of Fox, but many millions do. At that scale, the lies and fake news have an undeniable impact.

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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by jsperson on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @10:34PM (#25369347)
So here’s what will happen. Ban the “fake news” from Google, FB etc. You will have a pristine, non-offensive safe space bubble. All the banned folks will create their own safe space bubble on Parler or some other yet to be created platform. This won’t be a fringe group. It could be 30-40% of the populous. Comity and public discourse is extinct and then we really do have problems.

I think we are much better off with the misinformation and lies out in the sunlight for all to see and refute.

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