The Ministry of Truth is busy enforcing Thoughtcrime again. . .

[MisterBeale]

Another round of shawdow bans & de-platforming has hit Youtube. . .

Heads up. . .

A couple videos by folks that are probably next. . . .

 

[Moonglow]

It's okay I never give them any attention.

 

[MisterBeale]

It's okay I never give them any attention.

Yeah, we know.

Right winger. . .

Moonglow

 

[Mac-7]

I like Youtube for many non political subjects

and even their political bias is not consistent

but when they can they definitely lean left

 

[gipper]

It’s really rather amazing to watch our nation turn into the USSR.

 

[MisterBeale]

Game Over
Wayback Machine Latest Victim of Big Tech Consolidation and Censorship

The promise of an internet modeled around democratized access to information is quickly eroding before our very eyes as the Wayback Machine falls prey to censorship creep and major tech sector consolidations take us to the point of no return

Wayback Machine Latest Victim of Big Tech Consolidation and Censorship

The infamous internet archive, the Wayback Machine, has become the latest victim of Big Tech consolidation and censorship amid COVID-19.

www.mintpressnews.com

Censorship creep

"Under the guise of facilitating conversation, Twitter unveiled changes to the reply feature that ostensibly gives users more control, but in reality, it broadens the ability to censor content. The new format, still in testing mode, will allow users to select who can and cannot reply to their tweets. This, of course, presents a serious problem from the vantage point of free flowing interaction and gives even more power to the most popular accounts to stifle undesirable feedback, leaving their viewpoints publicly unchallenged.

Another seemingly innocuous development in the last few days was the announcement made by popular podcaster Joe Rogan on his move to Spotify. The comedian and UFC commentator’s immensely popular podcast has been freely available on YouTube and other platforms since its inception, but his multi-million-dollar exclusive licensing deal with the music platform will further cloister content behind a single outfit and likely diminish its reach and propagation.

Perhaps the most concerning, however, are the changes taking place at one of the most important research tools on the Internet and, up to now, a venerable tool for online transparency: The Wayback Machine... . . . "



What critical thinking? Wayback Machine is now complicit in Big Tech censorship

What critical thinking? Wayback Machine is now complicit in Big Tech censorship

The webpage archive service Wayback Machine’s decision to additionally label already-deleted articles as ‘disinformation’ is internet history revisionism that comes at a time when critical thinking is desperately needed.

www.rt.com

". . . Then there is the tweet by the World Health Organisation published in January that stated that there was “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission of the novel #coronavirus.” Two months later, the WHO declared a global pandemic. At the time of writing, there is still no signalling that this was, in fact, deeply incorrect. Why has it not been removed and/or changed? Was this not disinformation?

Hey, Google, your censorship of 'Plandemic' only turned its author's book into #1 bestseller. It’s the Streisand effect, stupid!

The list goes on. In February, Forbes quoted a doctor who claimed that wearing masks would in fact increase the chances of transmitting the virus. If one today uses the Wayback Machine internet archiving service on the Forbes article in question, there lies no mark of shame decrying it as a hoax, which begs the question, why not? It is possible to read this as at least misinformation if you ignore intent; so why the difference in standards? Are the results not the same?

The answer, one must assume, has nothing to do with what is or is not true. Instead, it seems that this censorship presumes nefariousness upon some, whilst assuming ignorance in others. It is not only the content that is being judged — else the WHO tweet would have been removed or at least labelled — but the author. Gone are the days where we did not. . .. "