You know, my family came over here from Europe during the last Great War. In Europe, companies had to be FORCED to censor news and information by the governments.
In America, tech companies are literally falling over themselves to do it voluntarily. This is a terrible sign of things to come. What will happen once Big Tech’s desire to curtail information is married with politicians who have the desire to make them go further?
Via Neowin:
Google has announced that YouTube channels that post videos containing false claims about the results of the United States presidential election, which made Joe Biden President-elect, will now be met with a strike. Back in December, the online video platform had announced that it would start removing these videos with false claims, but the channels posting them would not see any punishment as a result.
Initially, this grace period was set to last until Inauguration Day, on January 20. However, following the violent events at the Capitol building in Washington D.C. yesterday, and with Joe Biden being confirmed as the next U.S. President by the Electoral College, the company has decided to enforce the new rules immediately.
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