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by madengr 2873 days ago
Who’s the “we’re”? I don’t agree with YouTube banning Alex Jones and numerous gun channels. I’ll probably cancel my YouTube red subscription over it.

25 years ago you would find the KKK show on NYC public access cable. A round table of guys in hoods, with an AK-47 table piece, talking about African Jews. That was there due to governments freedom of speech protections. Government is now turning a blind eye while corporate media monopolies get away with censorship.

If I were the FCC, I’d be shutting down YouTube.
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pjc50 2873 days ago
> 25 years ago you would find the KKK show on NYC public access cable. A round table of guys in hoods, with an AK-47 table piece, talking about African Jews.

If I were the FCC, I'd be shutting down those guys.

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acct1771 2872 days ago
Guess it's a great thing you're not the FCC, then.

I'd be cool with the Black Panthers being the next slot.

If you're not, you don't understand, nor support, freedom of speech, or freedom of expression.

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shard972 2872 days ago
And break your oath to uphold and defend the constitution?
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cmonfeat 2872 days ago
> If I were the FCC, I’d be shutting down YouTube.

Why? I get why public access would have a mandate to allow people with unpopular (imo hateful) opinions on the air, but not YouTube.

I was under the impression, they're a private network and under no obligation to allow you to post content they don't like. They are free to change their ToS at anytime and ban who they choose, right?

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madengr 2872 days ago
Their data is carried over the same right of ways as cable TV. It’d be like the power company refusing to sell you electricity because you manufacture legal firearms, or the phone company censoring your conversations.

Probably the reason why Google split into so many companies, so they can insulate themselves when pulling shit like this. A network provider separate from a content provider, when in reality it’s the same.

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