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THE BAIT is alluring. We're meant to be bite. But hang on. It's a trap.
"Speaking for myself, I spend barely a minute a day in social control media sites."I was unhappy to discover just to what degree our government nowadays promotes online censorship, e.g. towards the end of this reasonably new or very recent media segment from ITV News (UK). Are they really protecting us? They highlight the worst of the worst (like vandals and people who reject vaccination in general) because they love straw man arguments. it's well-crafted propaganda.
Speaking for myself, I spend barely a minute a day in social control media sites. I am only a 'passive user' (like passive smoker) of the thing, basically never retrieving actual (mis/dis/)information from it anymore. I stopped a number of years ago after I had experienced too many cases of false claims going 'viral', leading to injustice (like lynch mobs with 'mob justice' or campaigns of defamation).
As the video above notes, last week I was wrongly suspended by Twitter (5 days already!). Well, you cannot really appeal (it is there for the pretence of due process or placeholder for the most part) as there's an unreasonable response time and by the time they might respond -- if ever -- it is already too late.
"Misinformation on Twitter and Facebook -- or in social control media at large, YouTube and TikTok included (videos) -- does not show that we need more censorship but that we need less of social control media."The media likes to highlight the least popular politicians to make online censorship seem not just necessary but also commendable. It's slanted as a matter of public safety or combating violence. The media does not mention all the false possitives (errors) unless it's a very high-profile example, such as silencing of victims and misuse of "COVID-19" for censorship of dissent. Sadly, a lot of people are cheering this while ignoring 'collateral damage'. The media barely tells them about this 'collateral damage' and people who become voiceless (banned or suspended) cannot tell their story, either.
Misinformation on Twitter and Facebook -- or in social control media at large, YouTube and TikTok included (videos) -- does not show that we need more censorship but that we need less of social control media. We need to reject the very concept of it and go back to a Web that's not so centralised, barely controlled by corrupt businesspeople. They should not be herding us to control what we think and determine what's 'permissible' speech based on fear (of speaking out and potentially losing all our fake 'friends' or 'followers', based on arbitrary decisions made in some other country). ⬆