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yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

It literally does resolve the basic conflict which is, once again, which class holds power in society. Google has a certain philosophy because it’s a product of a social-economic system that birthed it. A company like google would not exist in a socialist society because the system works differently.

If you don’t understand the problem with the fact that private company that acts as a gatekeeper of the internet gets to decide what content people are able to see, then there’s really no point having further conversation. The fact that you worked in AuThoRiTariAn into this is really just the cherry on top. 😂

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

I don’t know what an anarcho-socilaist government is, but under a regular socialist government, Google would be owned by the workers and run as a cooperative. However, more importantly the government would represent the working majority as opposed to a small capital owning class. There is no inherent problem with censorship, every society censors ideas that it finds harmful. The question is who decides on what is censored and whether there’s accountability in the process.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

I’m not angry at all, I’m just baffled that somebody could have such a poor understanding of the relationship between the government, the ruling class, and censorship. Again, government is not an independent entity that exists on its own. It’s part of society and it represents the interests of people who hold power in society. In a capitalist society, the government represents the capitalists, and there’s no difference between censorship being done by the government or by capitalists themselves.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

That’s supremely childish understanding of the relationship between the government and private entities. The part that you’re failing to grasp in your “analysis” is that the government represents the interests of the class that holds power in society. Under capitalism, the government represents large capitalists, i.e. the very same people who own the media and platforms such as Google that do the censorship. Private interests that also happen to run your government are simply bypassing the middle man when doing the censorship.

It’s incredible that grown ass adult would have trouble understanding such basic things.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Since staking claim to the Palestinian cause, the Yemeni militants have come to seem unstoppable.

Oh yeah, we’re very much on the same page here.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

Google’s search algorithm is equally opaque and almost certainly driven by advertisers as well. This is a well known problem.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Since staking claim to the Palestinian cause, the Yemeni militants have come to seem unstoppable.

Yemen is literally interdicting ships that pass through their territorial waters, but do go on.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Yemen's Houthis say they targeted 'Israeli ship MSC SKY' in the Arabian Sea

Nobody is forcing these ships to sail through the sovereign territorial waters of Yemen which is where they are being interdicted.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all down

indeed

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

Please provide exampels of antivax and hate speech articles hosted on Naked Capitalism. I’ll wait. Also, maybe go read up on what the term censorship means so as not to make a clown of yourself in public going forward.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

Google has become the main way people find content online, and if content doesn’t show up in search results then it’s effectively censored. The consequence here is that advertisers decide what content is acceptable. Again, this is very clearly a big problem for society.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to worldnews in Yemen's Houthis say they targeted 'Israeli ship MSC SKY' in the Arabian Sea

If missile firing infrastructure is the target, then it’s pretty clear that US is not capable of doing any meaningful damage to this infrastructure. Again, the original point was that US is unable to achieve its stated goals while Yemen is.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

I don’t think there’s anything normal or acceptable about a private entity acting as a gatekeepr to the internet and deciding what content people can see based on their own opaque reasons.

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

Ah yes, Naked Capitalism, a famous right wing outlet. 🤡

yogthos OP , 4 months ago to technology in Google demands that Naked Capitalism censors their content. What could possibly go wrong with megacorps acting as arbitrary censors of content without any accountability.

You’re describing the motivations for the said censorship, but that does not change the fact that it is censorship done by a private entity that’s not accountable to the public.