[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” _builder_version=”3.0.106″]
Free speech vs monopoly rights… when you virtually own all channels of thought, how much power is too much power and is there a point that the government should step in?
When the rules were put in place, nobody could have predicted how much power companies like Google, Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube would have over the flow of information. They’ve been given passes as platforms rather than publications, but if they’re getting passes to not be responsible for posts on their platform, why do they need to censor anything?
Now there are many who will make the argument that they are still a private company and they can do what they want. While that’s true, they also are granted sweetheart exemptions from the government and essentially have a monopoly over what people are allowed to see, read, and think online. That’s where it becomes dangerous. When any opposition can be called “harmful” and silenced, we’re only one step closer to the quickly approaching dystopian future where free thoughts and free speech are no longer acceptable and I don’t believe that any honest intelligent individual wants that, regardless of their political biases.
This is not a political sides issue. This is a freedom of speech issue. If you allow someone that you agree with to have overreaching powers today, there is nothing to stop the other side from having the power to shut YOU down tomorrow.
All that and more on today’s episode of The System is Down episode 154: The War on Google and Big Tech Censorship w. Jon Schweppe.
Question Everything. Stay Uncomfortable.
Let’s get weird!
Show Reference Links:
Be sure to subscribe and leave us a review on iTunes!
You can also check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]