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qubex ◴[] No.23322492[source]
I’m an outsider (not American, don’t live in America) so I’m almost not entitled to have an opinion on the matter, but it always strikes me as fairly odd when people of one persuasion or another rail against the ‘bias’ that they perceive against them in one circumstance or another (including media coverage).

Of course people see bias against them. It’s classical confirmation bias: every time something goes their way, it’s unremarkable, but as soon as something doesn’t, it’s noticeable.

Isn’t it equally possible —nay, probable even, especially in this case— that the perceived bias is only the prevailing opinion of the majority against whom one is in a minority?

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happytoexplain ◴[] No.23322672[source]
This is basically true. Liberal or conservative, everybody I talk to who can communicate ideas without injecting vitriol into every word agrees that 90% of "censorship" of conservatives is just censorship of standard low-value hateful garbage, and that genre of speech, while committed on all sides, is highly overrepresented by conservatives, which makes life hard for the majority of conservatives who are rational.
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1. barbacoa ◴[] No.23323718[source]
PragerU has their content taken down and/or restricted on a regular basis from big tech platforms. Their videos express generic and cliche conservative ideas and values. While many people may not agree with what they say it is a far stretch to call it "low-value hateful garbage".
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3. cowmoo728 ◴[] No.23329624[source]
It's important to note that youtube is not removing prageru videos, it was just hiding them from being suggested automatically unless you opt in to "non-restricted". There are plenty of parents that would object to their toddlers watching videos about the death penalty or abortion. "Liberal" videos about these topics were similarly restricted. All of the prageru videos are still accessible.

It is also the case that being restricted limits monetization on those videos, but advertisers don't want to be associated with those topics.