Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by ceilingcorner on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:21AM
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This rhetoric makes no sense to me. People are already subject to incomprehensible levels of propaganda from every angle and have been for over a century. When and where was there a perfect democracy?
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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by foepys on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:59AM
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For traditional publishing there is at least one person that is ultimately responsible for publishing it. The person is in the vast majority of cases subject to the same jurisdiction.
On YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc. I can push my agenda worldwide. Russia, China, Iran, and other non-democracies can make insane amounts of propaganda for very cheap to reach millions of people. The engagement algorithms even help the propagandists reach their target audience effectively. The algorithms help then widen the audience automatically through shares of their supporters and further engagement.
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by samoa42 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @04:21AM
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seems youtube is blocked in china and iran
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by foepys on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:26AM
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I don't see how the Chinese and Iranian governments need to worry about YouTube being blocked when they want to spread propaganda in the US and Europe.
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by xg15 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @04:07AM
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But you do acknowledge that certain changes in society have taken place during the last few years, do you?
Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire
by DangitBobby on Saturday December 12, 2020 @04:05AM
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The goal is not perfect democracy, it's functional democracy.