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yardwork

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2. He's benefiting from a form of censorship.

Reply to FrodosNewPet (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2022, 07:13 AM

Mar 2022

The algorithms used by YouTube promote this man's extremist content while suppressing those with balanced content. Extremism gets clicks and sells ads.

So, in fact, the balanced content is being censored so that extremist content can be promoted, because it's more lucrative to YouTube.

This gave the Republicans and Putin a smooth highway to send propaganda into our homes. YouTube and other companies using these algorithms know this, but they don't care. It's all about the money.

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