Thread by @kegill

Advertisers “say they had no idea YouTube was allowing their advertising to appear” on InfoWars.

#BS and a pox on Google and these corporations.

InfoWars has peddled in untuth since before SandyHook. Why get a conscience now?
money.cnn.com/2018/03/03/tec…

This is #BS because advertisers can specify the types of content with which they don’t want to be associated.

And it’s #BS because Google has allowed YouTube to become a cesspool of lies (“but we’re just a platform!”).

Google has allowed YouTube to be inundated with bot/AI-generated content further calling #BS on the “but we didn’t know” excuse

From @d1gi >
medium.com/@d1gi/faketube…

“We didn’t know” could very well be true while being a lie of omission.

That is: imperfect knowledge due to ACTIVE decision not to know/act.

Bah.

This could not be happening to a nicer guy. Ahem.

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According to @CNN, Google "reprimanded the conspiracy theory site and Jones for violating its community guidelines" for saying the Parkland students were crisis actors. Jones led the claims that Sandy Hook was a hoax, so why now, @Google?

money.cnn.com/2018/03/03/tec…

Google started acting on #infoWars content earlier this week:

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Holy shit. @USATODAY normalized #infoWars on its editorial page.

"The termination came just two days after USA Today—the country's highest circulated newspaper, gave Corsi a major platform on its op-ed page."

newsweek.com/youtube-delete…

InfoWars got its second "strike" post-Parkland this week, which meant Google was suspending the account's ability to upload new content. Three strikes within three months means permanent termination.

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The Alex Jones video accusing Parkland students of being crisis actors was "the top trending video on the site" according to @RollingStone

This subject matter is the bread-and-butter of Info Wars channel, so Google's sudden change of heart is a surprise
rollingstone.com/politics/news/…

Google's behavior comes in response to "money talks" -- nothing to do with the company's vaunted early mantra of "do no harm."

rollingstone.com/politics/news/…

"As loathsome and dangerous as Jones' schtick has become, it would be a mistake to think of his newly "public-minded" enemies in Big Tech as benevolent protectors."

ABSOLUTELY.

Just as @USAToday should be ashamed at this:
poynter.org/news/why-did-u…

“If [YouTube] accounts are getting deleted at the last minute because people are angry and news organizations are digging into this, should these accounts have existed in the first place?” @d1gi in @nytimes
nytimes.com/2018/03/03/tec…