Comment by sneak
5 months ago
It’s time we start calling these things what they really are: censorship platforms.
They have declared themselves the arbiters of what is or isn’t true, and censor anything that doesn’t align with their views, right or wrong.
At one point YouTube was censoring videos telling people to wear masks, as it contravened the government’s recommendations (who were lying to preserve mask availability for healthcare workers).
Build and use alternatives. Tell your friends and favorite content creators to stop donating content for free to these censorship platforms.
what are the alternatives, and how are they not "censorship platforms"?
The alternative is moderation only on content (CP for example) and not on speech (save for crimes like death threats and so on).
The more you censor speech the more radicalized people become against the system setting that censorship. It becomes a self perpetuating feedback loop.
> and not on speech save for crimes(death threats and so on).
Dealing with speech that is, actively encourages, or supports (or engenders fear of in potential victims)¹, such crimes, is exactly what this is trying to get the companies to address.
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[1] That list being the battery/assault/affray equivalents of hate speech
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Mastodon is federated, like email so censorship is more difficult as you can switch servers.