Free Speech, Expensive Speech, Censorship, Social Media Algorithms, and Anarcho-Puritanism
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Anyone who tries to boil the disinformation debate down to questions of free speech vs. censorship is either trying to distract you from the wizard behind the curtain, or they don't know he's there. The corporate media shows us an endless stream of patriotic Ukrainians standing up against the Russian menace. Then in their coverage of more local news, among the diverse crowd of truckers and other protesters occupying downtown Ottawa, only the most rightwing participants are highlighted. Meanwhile, if Joe Rogan dares to interview any of them on his podcast there will be more cries for Spotify to drop him from their platform. Others will say no, this is censorship. And at a small labor rally in Portland, Oregon, the anarcho-puritan Twitter trolls will successfully prevent a labor musician from singing at a labor rally by using online intimidation and disinformation to convince the young organizers that the Jewish musician in question is antisemitic.
Free Speech, Expensive Speech, Censorship, Social Media Algorithms, and Anarcho-Puritanism
Free Speech, Expensive Speech, Censorship…
Free Speech, Expensive Speech, Censorship, Social Media Algorithms, and Anarcho-Puritanism
Anyone who tries to boil the disinformation debate down to questions of free speech vs. censorship is either trying to distract you from the wizard behind the curtain, or they don't know he's there. The corporate media shows us an endless stream of patriotic Ukrainians standing up against the Russian menace. Then in their coverage of more local news, among the diverse crowd of truckers and other protesters occupying downtown Ottawa, only the most rightwing participants are highlighted. Meanwhile, if Joe Rogan dares to interview any of them on his podcast there will be more cries for Spotify to drop him from their platform. Others will say no, this is censorship. And at a small labor rally in Portland, Oregon, the anarcho-puritan Twitter trolls will successfully prevent a labor musician from singing at a labor rally by using online intimidation and disinformation to convince the young organizers that the Jewish musician in question is antisemitic.