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by madeofpalk on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:13PM
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> Views like "masks might make us safer from COVID" were suppressed not too long ago.
Are there words missing here? I... don't see this as a viewpoint that is being suppressed at all. Maybe this particular example is more about the people who you follow/listen to?
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by mlyle on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:22PM
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No. Early on in the pandemic, when the CDC advised against masks... people who advocated for masks had their posts removed by YouTube and Facebook.
Now, espousing the opposite views can get your posts and videos removed :P
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by thu2111 on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:02PM
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I completely agree, but they haven't emerged at the expense of blogs and other types of website that existed in 2000.
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by mlyle on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:38PM
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I think Twitter and Facebook ate a whole lot of blogs. A lot of prominent, active bloggers drifted to these formats. And blog readership has gone way down.
Not to mention Medium, of course...
Views like "masks might make us safer from COVID" were suppressed not too long ago. It's a wacky place we're in. Some of the criticism out there (COVID denial, election fraud, etc) is dangerous, but legitimate criticism and nuanced points are getting crushed too in the process. And the entities involved in the suppression are powerful, moving in lockstep, and have limited accountability to the public.
Worse, these platforms have the illusion of being grassroots and open, but you never know when you're getting state-sponsored manipulation or what kinds of content isn't permitted to flow through them today.