Kennedy, an anti-vaccine crusader, is seeking support for a Democratic presidential run.
Regardless of your opinion of RFK Jr, censorship has no place in a free society. I’m not comfortable with Google and other megacorps being the arbiters of truth.
I’m not comfortable with Google and other megacorps being the arbiters of truth
Understood. There’s a couple of aspects that I’ll present solely from devil’s advocate.
- If they leave the information up they can be found liable for that information should someone decide to file suit. Do they not have a right to protect themselves from such suits?
- Are they the sole arbiters of truth? In strictly this action, are they acting in a manner that a majority of people wouldn’t already agree with?
I expect our government to not participate in censorship. But I think we muddle a line between “government” and “corporation” when we attempt to hold companies to the same standard as the Government. Perhaps we are already too far in that government and megacorps are just so intertwine that it’s all the same, IDK. I think that’s a bit of a deeper topic than I’m willing to get into at the moment.
So that aside. The video is looking for hosting on a private company’s server. I wouldn’t want the Government to say “NO YOU MUST SHOW THAT VIDEO!!” to Google. We have to remember that the “free society” thing is a two way street. So I rather not have censorship in general (thus I completely understand your lack of comfort) and I expect no censorship from my government. But for private everyday people and up to megacorps, I expect them to be free to do what they so wish (but I wish for an open discussion rather removal of videos, but removal of video I still would say is a tool in Google’s tool chest, but they should use it last, not first. But it isn’t my company so my opinion matters next to zero in that regard). But I completely understand where you derive your statement from. I completely respect that point of view, but I disagree with it somewhat.
But in all honesty, that is simply my unsolicited opinion on this matter.
As for RFK Jr. the guy has about as much understanding of science and medicine as a rusted fire-hydrant. The amount of seriousness that should be given to that man on any of those two topics is indistinguishable from the absolute value of zero. But again, that is just my unsolicited opinion on that particular guy.
