If the United States would unite in rage over SOMETHING….as New Zealand did  when they “let out a howl of fury” after seeing footage of Americans manhandling one of the flightless birds at Zoo Miami?  If only we could be United We Stand about something! -The Week 6/16/23

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I see I need someone on my staff  besides me, because although I endeavor to be current, I just found out about commercial content moderation screening via Sarah T. Roberts’  Behind the Screen , Yale University Press, 2019. For those who also are behind the times, Roberts defines the worldwide practice as the commercial organized practice of screening user-generated  content posted to internet sites [that’s us], social media, and other online outlets.”

The good news is that the viewing public is protected from what is determined to be gross and hate footage.  The underpaid screeners do the suffering, instead of us.  I’m not clear if MegaTech is the only commercial screening company or one of several.

Although I am thankful that I am protected from being offended and/or grossed out with nightmares, I wonder…

With this possibility due to expanded tech,  why wouldn’t wealthy individuals or PR groups wipe out embarrassing earlier negative footage, unbeknownst to viewers?  It seems if anyone else has suspicions, they do not discuss it very much.  Maybe they take it for granted.  Is no one but me concerned about this possibility or do they just placidly assume that to be the case?

Earlier I wondered why I couldn’t find a much earlier story about Henry Ford fighting another inventer’s  internal combustion engine for years, delaying its widespread use. I realized I may just have done a poor search, but then I looked to credit a much earlier photo of Trump not saluting to the National Anthem while the other candidates did.  I had it in my Media Library, but when I looked it up on the internet the only portion of the original  photo was of Trump.–no others saluting.

I also wonder if showing the shocking photos of dead school children blown away by guns at school might curb the NRA’s takeover.

Will the ultimate result be a national doctored history of the United States, sufficiently “clean” to be taught in the public schools?  And how will AI be utilized?  It feels like the ice is thin, although not an apt metaphor for climate change.