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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by valeness on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:11AM (#28694747)
I don't see this same energy when peope want to nationalize internet or electric companies. Why is it that only when media companies moderate the content available on their platform do we suddenly not care about property rights?

If we're talking about regulating large corporations because they're monopolizing resources I'd much rather start in the energy sector to set some precedent before we just force youtube and facebook to allow nazis and anti-vaxxers to spout off whatever they want during a global crisis.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by humanrebar on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:35PM (#28700291)
> Why is it that only when media companies moderate the content available on their platform do we suddenly not care about property rights?

I can't speak for what you're paying attention to, but plenty of people are wary of big cats in corporations and big cats in government. You can be against both.

The real false narrative is that choosing team red or team blue is the only interesting question and then you can turn your skepticism off.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by prohobo on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:25AM (#28694957)
Internet and electric companies don't have international political influence, nor major monopolies.

I'd rather have an honest discussion about dealing with a global crisis instead of having some asshole decide he's right and shut everyone else out - surely you can imagine the damage caused by a dictator who's wrong?

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by oblio on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @04:13PM (#28699281)
> electric companies

You do know that those in many places are called "utilities" and they <<are>> nationalized, right?

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by lp0_on_fire on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @04:22PM (#28699402)
Even when they aren't nationalized they are more often than not subject to _very_ stringent regulations.
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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by NaturalPhallacy on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @03:51PM (#28698992)
>moderate the content

Censor. The word you're looking for is censor.

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