To remove any remaining doubt on where Google stands on censorship, they've announced openly what many believe has been the case all along:
Content which questions the status quo is not welcome.
"Making blatantly false claims about historic events like 9/11" is now specifically against the rules. But who decides what's blatantly true and what's blatantly false?
Another new rule is against "promoting a phony miracle cure for a serious illness". What about my video Cannabis Cures Cancer? It has already been censored since I released it 3 years ago, but has still reached thousands, and likely saved lives. Cannabis DOES cure almost every known cancer, and this has been documented since at least 1974. But Google considers this "fake news" and censors it, perhaps leading to the death of thousands of people every year and the suffering of millions more. Are these new censorship rules going to hide the truth about cannabis from even more people, leaving them with no option but deadly cancer-causing radiation and chemo, a trillion dollar industry?
I told YouTube a decade ago that I'm Proud to be a Conspiracy Theorist, and that hasn't changed. Conspiracies are secret plots, and they've been happening since humanity began, and they're happening right now. Humans plot in secret all the time. Conspiracies are common, from relationships, to families, to businesses, to governments. Discussing them isn't a sign of mental illness, it's a sign of mental health, and a firm grip on reality. Those of us who are informed enough and intelligent enough to discuss the ongoing secret plots which shape our world shouldn't be silenced, we should be amplified. Censoring anyone who discusses conspiracies is corrupt at best, diabolical at worst.
There is no freedom of speech until you are fully free to discuss any and all topics and ideas. Censorship, no matter how well-intended, is always wrong and always a bad idea. We should be actively breaking DOWN censorship which Google is putting UP. Censoring skepticism is dangerous. This is the opposite of progress. We're in the Dark Ages again, and it's getting even darker.
It's downright nightmarish to imagine why this blatant advance in censorship is happening right now. The push to shut down independent thought and expression has been nonstop for the past year or so, and reaching a fevered pitch over the past few days.
What's just around the corner?
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