@sam @creamqueen
>faceless billion dollar corporation that controls their livelihood
Thing is, we've already seen evidence that the Biden admin was pushing for a lot of censorship. I think most of it was essentially politically driven. It wasn't always from presidents, or politicians, maybe sometimes it was from political NGOs or activists. But this shit was driven by politics.

I'm sorry, but you can't convince me anymore that the average company gives a crap if their ad is placed next to a news story of a pedophile raping a child. They care about views and people buying the product. Actually, correction, they don't even care about views that much. They care for the end result of more sales.

I think a lot of the censorship was driven by old mainstream media trying to sabotage new media. Let's remember that the Pewdiepie Adpocalypse was manufactured by mainstream media. It wasn't new media that pressured YouTube to make changes. It was always the mainstream media, either themselves, or through 3rd party activists, that constantly manipulated and shaped these spaces.