Now the EU is going after video platforms like BitChute that refuse to censor content critical of LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter propaganda
The alternative media streaming platform BitChute, which is based out of the United Kingdom, has issued new guidelines against free speech that conform to the “hate speech” requirements of both its country and the European Union.
As for “Incitement to Hatred,” BitChute defines this as “any material likely to incite hatred against a group of persons or a member of a group of persons based on specific grounds,” including sex, race, color, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age and sexual orientation.
BitChute says that it will no longer allow content that is in any way “derogatory, denigrating” or that contains “demonising statements” against a group of people or members of a group.
Events like these really highlight the need for decentralized platforms like Steemit.
I agree very much with your sentiment. And even though I do not agree that Steemit is decentralized, I do feel that Steemit is an "alternative platform" which has been giving us a lot of freedom from being censored. Let's hope this freedom lasts!
The European Union has devolved and no longer cares about the freedom of their people. Free speech is the most basic right to mankind.
Yes, it is the most basic, and one of the most important. The European Union is indeed devolving, but in reality, it was never intended to be a democratic entity. We are living in a time of ever encroaching totalitarianism!