Like many, I’ve been following the Rittenhouse trial. I recently came across an article alleging that prosecutors withheld a vital piece of information in the form of surveillance drone video (the defense received a low-resolution version, but the prosecutors had a much higher resolution version available for themselves). Naturally, how the low resolution version came into existence at all is an interesting question.
One internet-based news source claims that video evidence shows video compression software installed on the prosecutor’s laptop – software that could have been used to produce the low-res version of the drone video provided to the defense. Supposedly, it shows the Windows desktop of the prosecutor’s laptop. Unfortunately, the video of the prosecutor’s laptop has been placed on YouTube – and YouTube has decided that this is age-restricted content only available to registered and identified users.
Now, what in the hell could be age-restricted in a video of the prosecutor’s laptop? Pornography, maybe? I think not – that would be an even bigger story than withholding evidence from the defense. No, the only reason I can think of to make content age restricted – that is clearly not obscene or violent – is so that Google can force people to identify themselves.
Google’s willingness to “censor” speech in furtherance of their political agenda and social engineering goals under the guise of quashing “misinformation” (pronounced “information we don’t want you to know”) makes me extremely nervous. Tagging politically charged videos as “age restricted” (for no legitimate reason) enables Google to track who’s interested in specific issues – like gun control – so that that they can use their propaganda machine to then change their position (think targeted ads and suggested videos). This scares the hell out of me. It also pisses me off.
Google’s attempts to force people to identify themselves before viewing videos that could expose their political or ideological beliefs is disturbing to me – and should be to you, too. But, alas, people are stupid…