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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by swayvil on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @10:54AM (#28694462)
Dude, the "root cause" is that profit is part of the equation. There is no "right algorithm" for controlling the public conversation. All fascism is bad fascism.

Is that overboard?

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by ethbr0 on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:39PM (#28696171)
How'd you get from profit to censorship to fascism? That's a lot of jumps!

There are simpler explanations.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by swayvil on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:29PM (#28697025)
Fascism is governmental power (ie dictatorial control over the public conversation.) in the hands of the corporation. Which is exactly what we have here.
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