The government regulates virtually every business in existence in order to try to maintain equal treatment for all.
As it currently stands a mere handful of massive corporations control nearly everything you are allowed to do or say in cyberspace.
Those massive corporations would be considered the enemy of the people by any traditional minded democrat of years past. Throughout history they have never supported the ability of big business to put their boot on the commoners. Yet now that those corporations are targeting the right predominately they look the other way not realizing that their heads are in the crosshairs as well.
In my opinion cyberspace is the new public square and as such needs to be monitored to ensure equal treatment for all that use it. The left tried and failed to gain traction in the talk radio space. No one wanted to hear their bullshit and without those viewers there was no profitable revenue stream. Now they control the interwebs almost in its entirity. Don't believe me? Go make a youtube video about the whistleblower and SPECIFICALLY mention his name. See how long your video lasts before it's removed. Similar nonsense on Twitter & Facebook. Now if you're a powerful politician you can get away with it but you or me? Naw, we're mere plebes.
Regulate these cocksuckers
See this is where I don't understand you.....
You can build a web site that says anything at all. No one can control what you do, or what you say.
Where do you get this bonkers idea from?
If you don't like Youtube, don't use it.
- Youtube.
- Metacafe.
- Vimeo.
- Dailymotion.
- Break.
You can upload your video elsewhere.
You can build a website to say anything you want BUT you need one of the big companies to HOST IT FOR YOU. You can not self publish without first agreeing to some overlords terms of service.
Um... well no. I never did. I self published everything.
There is multiple ways to do this, but you can actually turn your own computer into a web host, and run a web server from it. Now if your web site ever becomes extremely popular, unless you have fiber internet, you'll get speed limitations.
But you can do that, and you can post absolutely anything, and never sign any terms of service with any company.
If you don't have good internet, you can also rent serve space.
When I was running my own right-wing podcast, my website was hosted by bluehost. It's just $4 a month. I didn't use facebook, or youtube, or anything.
You just build your web site, publish absolutely anything at all that you want to publish, and no one can say anything about it. Even bluehost, doesn't look at your website, and you can pay an extra $1 a month to keep your information confidential.
I think you need to remember that the entire point of how the internet was built, was specifically so that anyone could do anything. You don't have to go through Facebook or any other media distribution system. You can choose to.... but that isn't the same as being forced to.
Now I get it that you don't like Facebook and so on, because they are interfering in content.
I get that.
The problem is, your short term solution, is going to have long term ramifications.
Yes, in the short term if you use regulations to hammer on Facebook and Youtube, in the short term it will improve things.
The problem is, once you set that as normal for government, it won't be long before the other side takes control, and starts using those regulations you wanted, to hammer even more on speech they don't like.
And then when power switches sides again, they'll use that power on speech they don't like.
It won't be long before government is using regulations to hammer on all speech they don't like, and we'll end up in a big brother China style control over media.
Just don't use those companies, if you don't like how they operate. It's that simple.
