Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by 8note on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:33PM
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Don't NBC and ABC and CBS ban lots of candidates?
If you don't have a big enough chance at winning, you don't go to debates
Mind you, news networks recently had a very strong preference towards the incumbent president, aligning their news to match the president's talking points, and having nightly calls to align their messages
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by prepend on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:45PM
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They don’t ban candidates from running ads.
They only air debates from candidates that meet some shared threshold.
Once the candidates are locked in, they can’t give preferential air time to one over the other.
Re:Google Drive bans distribution of “misleading content”
by amanaplanacanal on Friday July 16, 2021 @08:57PM
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Of course they can. Where did you get this idea? Do you think Fox News doesn’t give preferential treatment to certain candidates?
Yes it is. Youtube is a huge conduit for communication.
Imagine if ABC banned a candidate. The argument that there’s still CBS and NBC are available is not relevant as a major media outlet is favoring a candidate by blocking their opponents.
For small outlets it’s not an issue. But YouTube is the biggest video provider on the planet, not allowing a political candidate would be detrimental to democracy.
Even if that candidate said stupid stuff like “world is flat.” People have to make their decision and as long as we’re a democracy, that choice should be individual.