A Case of “Intellectual Capture?” On YouTube’s Demonetization of Bret Weinstein – by Matt Taibbi – TK News by Matt Taibbi
Just under three years ago, Infowars anchor Alex Jones was tossed off Facebook, Apple, YouTube, and Spotify, marking the unofficial launch of the content moderation era. The censorship envelope has since widened dramatically via a series of high-profile incidents: Facebook and Twitter suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story, Donald Trump s social media suspension, Apple and Amazon s kneecapping of Parler, the removal of real raw footage from the January 6th riots, and others.
This week s decision by YouTube to demonetize podcaster Bret Weinstein belongs on that list, and has a case to be to be put at or near the top, representing a different and perhaps more unnerving speech conundrum than those other episodes.