themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoBlamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreamswww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down14file-text
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1external-linkBlamed for Steam games ban, Mastercard encourages censorship during Riot Games VCT livestreamswww.notebookcheck.netthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square132fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up117arrow-down1·11 days agoThis also goes to an entire new level. Before it was “only” censoring digital products and events. Now it is directly censoring media outlets. This screams for an antitrust lawsuit, if a company has this kind of power.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·edit-211 days agoMegacorp be megacorping. We should always fight giants like this. And think to not feed them indirectly. (Not to mention that such basic infrastructure should never be for-profit.)
minus-squareFalseTautology@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoBest answer. We are currently enjoying living through the period that most dystopian cyberpunk fiction just kinda glosses over, the antedystopian period where the transition to full blown megacorporatacracy and neu fascism.
minus-squareEvil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThe time when the transition underneath already happened but it’s not formalised bcs the people could still snap it all back.
This also goes to an entire new level. Before it was “only” censoring digital products and events. Now it is directly censoring media outlets.
This screams for an antitrust lawsuit, if a company has this kind of power.
Megacorp be megacorping.
We should always fight giants like this.
And think to not feed them indirectly.
(Not to mention that such basic infrastructure should never be for-profit.)
Best answer.
We are currently enjoying living through the period that most dystopian cyberpunk fiction just kinda glosses over, the antedystopian period where the transition to full blown megacorporatacracy and neu fascism.
The time when the transition underneath already happened but it’s not formalised bcs the people could still snap it all back.