Revenge of the Right: Why Break Up YouTube, Google and Facebook
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And another damn video that I won't watch.
Can you at least give me a hint what it's about?
Can you at least give me a hint what it's about?
That a monopoly must play by different rules. As he says in the video, if a restaurant wants to charge him 5x the price of a meal because he's wearing a MAGA hat, he may do that, because a single restaurant is not a monopoly, but that if the electric company were to discriminate against you for your political beliefs, that is different.
Since these social media sources are essentially monopolies - even TV shows use "Google" as a verb meaning, look it up - they're monopolies and as such, may not do what they've been proven to do - discriminate against views they don't like.
Since these social media sources are essentially monopolies - even TV shows use "Google" as a verb meaning, look it up - they're monopolies and as such, may not do what they've been proven to do - discriminate against views they don't like.
Add some other thoughts ...
They control some 70% of the Advertising Revenue .... [online]
Many are starting to say the 'platforms' have become the digital equivalent of the Public Square
Twitter / Facebook / Google - YouTube: 'we' are a platform, we provide a service ..... but then they editorialize by censoring discussions or conversations
KKK is bad ... White Supremacists are EVIL we are not going to give them a platform to spread hate
[well something could be said for keeping an eye on what they are saying but OK I guess]
A Progressive had his twitter profile deleted because he tweeted the cover of his latest book about the Alt Right
- that featured a graphic with a KKK Hood in it.