I'm a Christian although not a good one. The book of Revelations speaks of the beast and the mark of the beast. And as wonderful and useful the internet can be we are in danger of losing control of our Liberty by ceding pretty much the perception of reality to the internet in terms of a cashless monetary system, internet voting. Control of information and media by a concentrated elite. Read " 1984" .............
On Sep 2, 2016 8:09 AM, "Bear Guy" <[email protected]> wrote: > YouTube Declares War on Politically Incorrect OpinionsGoogle-owned > platform demonetizes "controversial" content > Paul Joseph Watson <http://www.infowars.com/author/paul-joseph-watson/> - > September > 1, 2016 2205 Comments > <http://www.infowars.com/youtube-declares-war-on-politically-incorrect-opinions/#disqus_thread> > [image: YouTube Declares War on Politically Incorrect Opinions] > <http://www.infowars.com/youtube-declares-war-on-politically-incorrect-opinions/> > 99 > > *A new “advertiser friendly” policy introduced by YouTube will punish > those who express politically incorrect opinions or dare to offend viewers > by de-monetizing their content.* > > The new rules <https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en> > have sparked an outcry from the YouTube community because they are so > incredibly restrictive. > > YouTube will now retain the right to demonetize any videos that contain, > “Controversial or sensitive subjects and events, including subjects related > to war, political conflicts, natural disasters and tragedies, even if > graphic imagery is not shown.” > > “Inappropriate language, including harassment, profanity and vulgar > language,” is also being demonetized. > > This is the end game of allowing all your content to be swallowed up by > social media ghettos. #YouTubeIsOverParty > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/YouTubeIsOverParty?src=hash> > pic.twitter.com/ckSNa8YUmj <https://t.co/ckSNa8YUmj> > > — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) September 1, 2016 > <https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/771383378947997696> > > YouTube’s new policy will completely disincentivize YouTubers from > discussing politically incorrect topics or expressing controversial > opinions because they know they will be punished for doing so. Many > YouTubers make a living off their channel and will therefore be walking on > eggshells to avoid the company’s stringent new rules. > > The new policy bears some hallmarks of the Communist Chinese government’s > “social > credit score system,” > <http://www.infowars.com/coming-to-america-china-introduces-credit-score-for-obedient-citizens/> > whereby Internet users are punished by private companies and their peers > for expressing unpopular views on social media. > > The move is primarily designed to scare away YouTubers from making > anti-establishment political content, but prominent YouTubers are already > reporting that videos on everything from acne solutions to tips on > combating depression are being demonetized because they are not “advertiser > friendly”. > > “The channels that self-identify as vulnerable by these advertising > guidelines seem to be news channels covering sensitive real-world > topics,”reports > Kotaku > <http://kotaku.com/why-youtubers-are-freaking-out-about-money-and-censorsh-1786032317> > . > > Prominent YouTuber Philip DeFranco responded to the controversy by vowing, > “I’m not going to censor myself,” despite the fact that dozens of his > videos have already been demonetized. > > Google-owned YouTube is of course a private company and can enforce any > rules it likes, but with the advent of such corporations becoming so large > (more powerful than countries in some cases), in addition to them insisting > on being treated as a public utility, the move is a massive stab in the > back for the content creators who helped build the platform in the first > place. > > As Matt Drudge warned about > <http://www.infowars.com/drudge-facebook-twitter-internet-ghettos-designed-to-demoralize-individuals/> > when he appeared on the Alex Jones Show nearly a year ago, creators > allowing their content to be swallowed up by social media ghettos was > always going to lead to this outcome. > > “I don’t know why they’ve been successful in pushing everybody into these > little ghettos, these Facebooks, these Tweets, these Instagrams,” Drudge > told Jones. “This is ghetto, this is corporate; they’re taking your energy > and you’re getting nothing in return.” > > The video below sums up the impact the new rules will have on YouTube > unless they are reversed. > *SUBSCRIBE*http://www.infowars.com/youtube-declares-war-on- > politically-incorrect-opinions/ > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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