[tardygrad]

I think any vision of an open and equal Internet is going to fail in the long term, not only because it does not work in the interests of governements and major corporations - but also because people don't want it.

China explicitly censors its Internet as a way of control, whereas in the west news agencies implicitly censor news through selective reporting and giving greater weight to stories that support the narrative they want to push.

I'm not convinced one is any worse than the other, the west is slightly better in that you may not be sent to jail over a dissenting opinion - but good luck trying to effect any kind of change.

[ajdlinux]

> the west is slightly better in that you may not be sent to jail over a dissenting opinion

As someone who is personally a big fan of not going to jail, I consider this more than "slightly" better

[wybiral]

There's a big difference between state censorship and news companies being biased in what stories they promote.

I think you're distorting the lines between the internet as a communication network and the news industry who uses that network to distribute content.

[jeffdavis]

"but good luck trying to effect any kind of change"

One US president has already been kicked out of office due to jounalists, and we may see it happen again in the near future. What do you think would happen to those journalists in China, and how effective do you think they would be?

[JetSpiegel]

Clinton resigned actually. He was caught red handed and chose the smart way out, since nowadays that episode is almost forgotten. Even with this surge of witch hunts over alledged sexual misconduct.

[tmhedberg]

Clinton did not resign, nor was he removed from office. Are you thinking of Nixon?

[woodandsteel]

>in the west news agencies implicitly censor news through selective reporting and giving greater weight to stories that support the narrative they want to push.

Except in the west there are countless alternative news sources that freely present other views. But I bet you already knew that.

[zentiggr]

Not so many, really... Look at the TV/radio/news markets and see how many voices there are. And the FCC loosening rules to let Sinclair etc own a higher percentage of sources in each market is only letting it get worse.