And immediately his timeline was full of people saying, Ahhhhh!
This platform is overrun by Nazis!
What are you doing?!
Credit: Netflix
And I thought there was irony in him taking himself off [his own platform].
Fair enough, good for him.
I thought that shows hes a contemplative guy.
Platforms as they exist and this goes for YouTube as well reward extremity and performance, Brooker says.
And extremity and performance are entertaining.
But grandstanding is not useful in terms of debate and social cohesion.
Presumably, were in a transitional phase were moving through as we all together learn how these things work.
But in terms of deplatforming, I dont know.
Its a online grid, you own the online grid, what do you want on your online grid?
Do you want that stuff on your internet?
If youre just going to let it run unfettered,that is on you.
So thats for them to decide.
YouTube expects to shut downthousands of channels, but the company did not name specific ones.
Youve got a responsibility to grow the company and to your shareholders, Brooker adds.
But you also have an ethical responsibility.
I hope weve got that right [in the episode].
It will be interesting to see what Jack Dorsey makes of it.
Plus see our updatedBlack Mirrorepisodes ranked gallery, which now includes season 5.
