YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel

Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by Grustaf on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:42AM (#25726706)

Yeah the lying needs to stop. I'm not sure this piecemeal approach will work though, what if some right-winger starts a new social network and we're not able to stop it?

I mean sure with Parler it worked because of the coordinated effort of Apple, Google and Amazon, but can we always count on that?

Wouldn't it be better to have a centralised authority that regulates these things, with the legal authority to shut down any service that broadcasts lies and evil things? Like a Ministry of Truth.

To avoid people lying to each other in private conversations, I think it would be best if messaging services would also fall under their control, how else could we stop people from texting conservative propaganda to their friends?

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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by MrMan on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:33AM (#25728048)

My account is too new to downvote but consider this a down vote

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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by Grustaf on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:12AM (#25729030)

So you don't want a Ministry of Truth? You want to leave something as important as censorship in the hands of Big Tech? What if a conservative starts a tech company? It could happen.

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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by MrMan on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:12PM (#25732003)

"What if a conservative starts a tech company"

huge if true

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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by Grustaf on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:41AM (#25746702)

You’re right, we can make sure to stop any such attempt early on, before it gets big.

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