Joe Rogan explains why he\u2019s worried about social media censorship YouTube\/Joe RoganPopular podcast host Joe Rogan delved into the hot topic of internet censorship in his JRE podcast, and revealed why he\u2019s worried about the power some social media companies have. Censorship has been at the forefront of discussion lately, as the US President was suspended from Twitter, Facebook and other sites. While some people applauded the decisions made by these companies, Joe Rogan doesn\u2019t share their optimism. \u201cAuthoritarianism in this country is like\u2026 there\u2019s a lot of people that like it because it silences their opponents,\u201d he said while speaking to his guest, Yannis Pappas. The former Fear Factor host and UFC commentator brought up rival social media applications being shut down or taken off Google and Apple\u2019s stores for allegedly \u201cspreading hate.\u201d \u201cWhat percentage is spreading hate? What are the numbers? Is this wise that we shut down all discourse that you disagree with?\u201d he rhetorically asked. \u201cLike, it\u2019s not good if someone gets on there and they\u2019re talking about violence against individuals or they\u2019re spreading racist ideas or whatever the f**k they\u2019re doing that disturbs people. You\u2019re right. That\u2019s not good.\u201d So, even though Rogan agreed that some speech is problematic, he doesn\u2019t feel censorship is the right solution and it sets a \u201cweird\u201d precedent. \u201cIt sets a precedent where the people that are in power can decide that something is \u2018wrong speak,\u2019 something is bad and that you can just eliminate it completely,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd then when things like that happen, they keep going. They don\u2019t just stop at things that we can all agree are terrible. They go to things that maybe you don\u2019t think are terrible, but other people do. And then they keep going further.\u201d Preventing censorship has been quite the big deal for Joe Rogan, especially once the host decided to move the JRE show to Spotify. Back when the host first announced the move, he made clear to fans that the show would remain \u201cexactly the same\u201d and that Spotify wouldn\u2019t have any creative control \u2013 something many of Rogan\u2019s supporters were worried about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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