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| Subject: Censorship by mob rule is awful, but YouTube's censorship by algorithm is a dumpster fire Fri Jun 07, 2019 9:16 pm | |
| The only revolving door more insufferable than that between Congress and K Street is between Media Matters and left-wing activism parading as "journalism." And that national problem is best exemplified by Vox's Carlos Maza, who was once described by the Columbia Journalism Review as "Brian Stelter meets NowThis," and his histrionic war against independent content creators on YouTube. Taking cues from Maza's online meltdown over conservative comedian Steven Crowder, the tech giant hasn't just demonetized one guy. Mob rule dictates both dangerous and ineffective guidelines for censorship, and YouTube's attempts to silence Crowder are the ones generating most of the headlines. But even worse than the video platform's submission to Maza's specific demand is its expansion of censorship by algorithm.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/censorship-by-mob-rule-is-awful-but-youtubes-censorship-by-algorithm-is-a-dumpster-fire |
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