Big Tech Censors Conservative Comedians
Online censorship threats are a bread-and-butter concern for comedians because their economic dependence on social media has only increased as many stand-up clubs remain shuttered due to the pandemic and TV gigs remain a distant dream. (Photo: 7713Photography/Getty Images)
It’s a situation so funny that a growing number of ostracized comics forgot to laugh: Conservative-leaning material, they say, is increasingly subject to arbitrary online censorship by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social media giants treatment that appears to have no other explanation except the targets’ bucking of leftist orthodoxy.
Openly conservative stand-up Nick Di Paolo got suspended from YouTube for supposedly sharing false information, after ridiculing the left’s exaggerations of the virus in attacking former President Donald Trump.
Conservative-leaning comics say they are increasingly finding themselves subject to online censorship while progressives often get a pass
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CUMBERLAND – Since going to an online streaming platform last year, the Cumberland School Committee has seen engagement with its meetings skyrocket, going from three or four in attendance before the pandemic to sometimes hundreds of participants. During one meeting last August, some 600 people were on the call for a meeting.
Chairwoman Karen Freedman said it’s clear that a virtual component should remain as “what’s best for the public,” with increased accessibility bringing “way more engagement than ever,” even as the committee now considers ways it might get back together in an in-person setting.
There are a lot of logistics to figure out for a return to in-person meetings, said Freedman, but school leaders are here to serve the public and do what’s best for them.