YouTube’s Plot to Silence Conspiracy Theories
Posted on AllSides September 21st, 2020
From The Center
MARK SARGENT SAW instantly that his situation had changed for the worse. A voluble, white-haired 52-year-old, Sargent is a flat-earth evangelist who lives on Whidbey Island in Washington state and drives a Chrysler with the vanity plate “ITSFLAT.” But he's well known around the globe, at least among those who don't believe they are living on one. That's thanks to YouTube, which was the on-ramp both to his flat-earth ideas and to his subsequent international stardom.
Formerly a tech-support guy and competitive virtual pinball player, Sargent had long been intrigued...
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