Joe Rogan Spurns YouTube, Picks $100M Exclusive Deal with Spotify

Alexander Hall
May 20th, 2020 1:48 PM

While clips will be available on his YouTube channel, world-famous podcast host Joe Rogan is moving his massively popular and free talk show exclusively to the Spotify platform. “The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is coming to Spotify via a multi-year exclusive licensing deal,” Spotify announced in a May 19 announcement. The announcement summarized Rogan’s…

 
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Does YouTube Consider CCP to Be an 'Authoritative Source?'

P.J. Gladnick
May 9th, 2020 10:00 AM
We already know that YouTube considers the World Health Organization to be an 'authoritative source' to the extent that it will remove (censor) videos that run counter to the views promoted that organization by labeling such videos as "misinformation." However, the real question should be does YouTube also consider the Chinese Communist Party as an "authoritative source" in light of the fact that…
 

YouTube, Facebook, Twitter Censor Controversial Documentary

Corinne Weaver
May 8th, 2020 12:16 PM
The first half of the conspiracy documentary, Plandemic, was removed several times from YouTube, according to The Washington Post. Twitter and Facebook also made statements to other media outlets confirming that both platforms were suppressing hashtags and content related to the documentary. 
 
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YouTube Top Official Mocks Content Creators 'In Their Basement'

P.J. Gladnick
May 2nd, 2020 3:33 PM
Every YouTube employee should get down on their knees and thank the video creators, mostly working from home, for making that site an enormous success over the years. Instead, the attitude emanating from YouTube recently has been one of denigration and mockery of those same creators in favor of promoting mainstream media channels despite the fact that YouTube has grown primarily because viewers…
 

Tim Pool Trashes Tech for Treating Media Like CNN as ‘Authoritative'

Alexander Hall
May 1st, 2020 5:27 PM

Independent journalist and YouTuber Tim Pool appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in late April, and scorched Big Tech for holding the media as reliable alternatives. “You know what the problem is? This idea of approved truth, what YouTube calls ‘authoritative sources.’” He took shots at CNN figures like Chief Media Correspondent and Anchor of Reliable Sources Brian Stelter, Anchor Chris Cuomo and…

 

YouTube Launches Fact-Checking Panels for US Amidst COVID-19 Crisis

Alexander Hall
April 29th, 2020 3:12 PM
YouTube’s fact-checking panels will now be launched in America after being tested in India. YouTube’s chief product officer Neal Mohan, was quoted in The Verge’s April 28 coverage explaining that “When users are searching on YouTube around a specific claim, we want to give an opportunity for those fact checks to show up right then and there, when our users are looking for information — especially…
 
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Tucker: YouTube ‘Officially Banned Dissent’ Deleting Medical Opinions

Corinne Weaver
April 29th, 2020 12:41 PM
A popular video featuring California emergency doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi was taken down by YouTube for “violating YouTube’s terms of service.” Based on their own research, the hour-long conference asked, “Does this make sense? Are we following the science?”
 

YouTube REMOVES Video on Potential COVID-19 Treatment

Alexander Hall
April 28th, 2020 4:46 PM
While YouTube is relying on the hapless WHO to fight misinformation, the platform is clamping down on reports of potential treatments that are being developed. There has been some controversy about an ultraviolet light-based treatment for the COVID-19 virus. The “Healight,” by Aytu BioScience Inc., reportedly “uses ultraviolet light as an antimicrobial and is a promising potential treatment for…
 

YouTube CEO Relies on WHO Mistakes to Fight Misinformation

Alexander Hall
April 27th, 2020 12:45 PM
Big Tech platforms have taken it upon themselves to police misinformation, but why are they glorifying the mistakes at the World Health Organization? YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki made a special appearance on Brian Stelter’s Reliable Sources podcast where she explained how YouTube has been fighting misinformation with what Big Tech considers to be more reputable sources. “We also talk about removing…
 

Eric Weinstein BLASTS Big Tech for Censoring Content, Protecting WHO

Michael Morris
April 23rd, 2020 2:20 PM
The man who coined the term “Intellectual Dark Web” blasted Big Tech executives for censoring content related to COVID-19 and warned: “Don’t even think about silencing responsible dissent.” Just “[p]ut it out of your mind,” Managing Director of Thiel Capital and host of The Portal Eric Weinstein warned in a tweet thread. “Stop fantasizing about being N Korean.” Weinstein’s remarks came in…
 

NY Times Podcast Implies YouTube, Internet Can Cause Radicalization

Alexander Hall
April 17th, 2020 3:41 PM

Are the liberal media truly concerned about online radicalization, or just salty because conservatives are better at YouTube? New York Times reporter and columnist Kevin Roose has turned his wildly overhyped article “The Making of a YouTube Radical” into a podcast. Roose’s 2019 article featured the misfit 20-something Caleb Cain who allegedly “turned on to far-right conspiracy theories on the…

 

Politico: Biden, Libs Are Losing to Conservatives on YouTube

Alexander Hall
April 13th, 2020 3:19 PM
It apparently took a lockdown for liberals to realize how badly they need to step up their game on YouTube. With much of the country staying at home on their computers, liberals are flailing in their attempts to utilize the internet as effectively as conservatives. “Joe Biden isn’t much of a YouTuber. But his campaign and Democrats are hastily trying to address a longstanding weakness and reach…
 

Rogan Rips Celebs Singing ‘Imagine’: ‘Granny’s Dying,’ ‘NOT the Time'

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Gabriel Hays
April 2nd, 2020 6:01 PM

Thankfully, not everyone in showbiz thinks Hollywood virtue-signaling is the most charming thing in the universe. Recently, celebrity podcast host Joe Rogan had a mouthful for the glamorous Hollywood stars who put out a video compilation of them singing a cheesy John Lennon song during Chinese virus quarantine.

 

Facebook Admits Posts ‘Incorrectly Removed’ During COVID-19 Crackdown

Alexander Hall
March 19th, 2020 5:41 PM
Good news: Big Tech’s bots have not completely replaced tech workers yet. Bad news: The Big Tech bots were unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic. Big Tech companies are struggling to properly moderate their platforms during this current Wuhan virus pandemic. “Multiple Facebook users reported on Twitter” that they were unable to post articles from news websites, “including Business Insider,…