![]() ![]() Oh, and as far as we know, the Sith have not overtaken Silicon Valley. Until a disintermediated network for social media is created - controlled by no single institution or organization - the tendency to ‘tweak the algorithm’ in favor of the powerful, will never go away.įor now, Jones' continues to broadcast via the Web and other channels such as Twitter. Although it’s a bit harder to find nowadays due to the hardcore censorship of Alex Jones, I’m sure you’ve seen the clip. Also Im pretty sure I can monetize it so thats a plusSong. Inevitably, calls for government regulation of Silicon Valley will follow. Back in 2016, Alex Jones of Infowars said the following, I don’t like them putting chemicals in the water that turn the freakin frogs gay This clip has now become an infamous meme across social media. I wanted to upload this on its own cause its my favorite outta the bunch. 'Disappearing' Infowars on three key platforms will not end this cynicism: it may inadvertently increase it. The very success of the Infowars brand, is a sign of just how cynical people have become. ![]() In a healthy body politic, Infowars would never have such a receptive audience. That Infowars can be taken seriously, and regarded as a threat by Silicon Valley and Big Media, may also be a symptom of the times. In both mythology and anthropology, the crazy individual can have their uses. Which is why we published this headline, as a homage to the 'crazy-man' of Online News. A free world of ridiculous Gay frogs and crank conspiracy theories? One in which you get to make up your own mind? Or a controlled world of civic, reputable and artificially approved dialectic?īeing based in the Middle East, we sympathise with the former. It’s really about what sort of internet and what sort of world, you want to live in. What just happened to Infowars is bigger than any single publisher - and bigger than Alex Jones. The strange success of InfoWars as a publishing entity highlights just how badly traditional media is performing. If Silicon Valley can ban crank networks such as Infowars today, there is nothing to stop them banning Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, a Malcolm X or a Donald Trump, in the future. The same media that have attacked Infowars, have labelled individuals such as PewdiePie (a gamer), Jordan Peterson (a philosopher) and Tim Pool (a multimedia journalist) as either ‘alt-right,’ dangerous or undesirable. Yet should journalists in mainstream media, or Silicon Valley titans, decide who should be exommunciated from the Internet? Some of these arguments are appropriate and valid. ![]()
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