>From Kevin Barry: The email below is a Paul Revere from the UK screaming, "the culling is > coming". > > This email warning from an internet broadcaster rings true to me. I've > heard similar things from friends who work in Big Data giants in the US. > The censorship cull is coming under the guise of stopping Russian "fake > news". They have already censored information that does not conform to > WHO's recommendations. The information below is a logical progression of > that strategy. Google, FB, and Twitter will help censor as a favor to the > governments in exchange for lack of regulation. > > So - as we already know, but the reminder doesn't hurt - back up your > videos, seek social media replatforming, and most importantly, spread the > warning to others. > > Kevin > > PS - The part about YouTube intentionally undercounting is interesting. > What if YouTube only counted 1 in 10 of the views of the Perspectives on > the Pandemic series? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: John Stone <johndanst...@gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 11:03 AM > Subject: Fwd: Rumours/'InsideInfo' on what is coming > > Richie Allen is a British internet broadcaster > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Date:* 22 July 2020 at 15:35:30 BST > *To:* undisclosed-recipients:; > *Subject:* *Rumours/'InsideInfo' on what is coming* > > I was passed this, I believe written by Richie Allen > > 'Howya friends. Little bit of news. I've a couple of mates who work for > Google. They both must remain anonymous of course. They drip feed me bits > of information from time to time. Around four years ago, one of them told > me that the demonetisation of alternative news channels would become > standard. He was right as I learned when my original YouTube channel, which > had nearly 100,000 subscribers, was deleted for no reason, three years ago. > > I heard from him this morning. He told me two things.* He said that when > the covid vaccine is ready, or shortly before then, Google/YouTube is > planning to take down thousands of channels that have traditionally hosted > open discussion around vaccine safety. They will do this he said, in tandem > with Facebook and Twitter. According to him, discussions between all three > have already taken place. He reckons it'll be the biggest culling to date, > of content creators and independent vloggers/commentators. * > > While this may be unsurprising, it is important news and I trust him > implicitly. He also said that it is his belief (and I've said as much > myself) that Russian interference claims are nothing but a smokescreen for > mass censorship. T*hey (the royal they), know damn well that the Russians > are not responsible for spreading anti-vaccine information online, > pro-Brexit propaganda or information about 5G. They KNOW he said, that > these initiatives are grassroots organisations, set up by genuinely > concerned citizens, but that the easiest way to legislate for them and > ultimately to censor them, is to blame Russia.* Problem Reaction > Solution. He's right. Again I have said as much many times. > > Last year, Professor Julian Petley, one of the UK's finest journalists and > teachers, told me before an interview that he was worried about me. He'd > been attending journalist conferences and one or two conferences on fake > news. Julian is an unswerving proponent of free speech. He said my name was > coming up a lot and that there may be some movement against me or the show. > When I told him that I wasn't working for anyone and was broadcasting from > a home studio rather than a radio station, he was somewhat relieved, but > nonetheless told me to watch my back. > > This morning, my Google mate said that The RA Show is on a shortlist of > programmes to not only be *removed from YouTube (which I don't care about > at all), but also to be removed from Google search results too*. He said > the RA show replacement channel, which has 31,000 subs, has in reality many > more, but they're not being counted. *Worse still he said, the viewing > numbers are fixed so that less than one in ten views are shown*. *The > point of this he went on, is to dissuade people from watching, people > apparently being more inclined to watch content that's showing hundreds of > thousands of views. * > > Now I couldn't give a fiddlers about YT viewing figures or subscribers as > you well know. The bulk of my audience listens live as it is a live radio > show, or they grab the podcast from iTunes, Spotify, Podomatic etc. And > viewing/listening numbers say nothing about the quality of a show in any > case, but it's important to note this, cos they ain't just doing it to me. > > Asked if there's any concern among his fellow employees about what is > happening, my mate said no. Or at least nobody has said anything. Maybe > they are like him, worried about the prospect of losing a tech job, being > labelled a troublemaker and struggling to get another one. *Share this > widely as your favourite Youtubers need to know that this mass cull is > coming to coincide with the arrival of the covid-vaccine, so that they can > back up their videos, something which they should be doing, but many don't*. > Anyhow, thanks for reading. I'm on air at 5. Loads to do. Speak later' > >
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