Re:These 15 Billionaires Own America's News Media Companies ...
by jollofricepeas on Sunday February 14, 2021 @05:44PM
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Actually.
Unregulated social media and the traditional consolidation of media are resulting in not much different than what occurred right after the US civil war.
Not only did “unchecked” freedom of the press and speech result in the US Spanish War between countries but it also resulted in white terrorism against black, brown, and Asian people in the US throughout the period of Reconstruction from 1860’s-1930.
Unregulated social media and the traditional consolidation of media are resulting in not much different than what occurred right after the US civil war.
Not only did “unchecked” freedom of the press and speech result in the US Spanish War between countries but it also resulted in white terrorism against black, brown, and Asian people in the US throughout the period of Reconstruction from 1860’s-1930.
- https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/yellow-journa...
- https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historyrawleyconference/31/
It’s no different than what happens now except it’s truly global and even more centralized.
- https://www.salon.com/2021/01/16/despite-parler-backlash-fac...
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46105934