Thursday, February 4, 2021

Corporate Control Of Media

I left social media years ago for this reason, but it's become undeniable that saying something these tech corporations don't like will result in suppression of your speech, no matter how true, factual, or well-reasoned it is. This has become a problem for independent journalism, media creators, activists... these large tech platforms have decided they are the gatekeepers of truth.
Now before I continue, I'd like to say I GET IT... there is a lot of misinformation on the Internet, and a lot of brainwashed people... BUT, letting giant tech corporations be the arbiters of truth, will NOT solve this problem; you will just be getting the misinformation that they approve of. I would also like to say, IT'S "OUR" FAULT. People are demanding that these platforms police content... when we should be asking that they have NO ability to prioritize or censor content. We should be creating/converting these essential Internet services into Public Utilities.

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