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Naomi Klein on Conspiracy Culture and “the Mirror World”

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YouTube's role in promoting and removing conspiracy content, and the issue of censorship by big tech companies

This chapter explores how YouTube directs traffic towards content creators, who often delve into conspiracy theories before facing channel removal. It also addresses the issue of censorship by tech giants, referencing Facebook's policy on posts discussing the Wuhan lab as the source of COVID, and emphasizes that fears of censorship extend beyond just the right-wing in the US, including instances of right-wing governments collaborating with tech companies to deplatform dissenters in other nations.

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