Sacks argues the Voltaire principle of defending disagreeable speech is foundational to Western liberalism but now challenged.
“Who today is willing to do that? I mean, that was the the idea that led to political liberalization in the West. It's really a unique feature of western democracies and liberalism.”
Sacks reports YouTube acknowledged censoring around a million videos under Biden administration pressure starting in 2021.
“I guess that would have started in 2021. And they admitted that they were pressured by the administration.”
Sacks argues DEI ideology was being deliberately programmed into AI models under Biden, mirroring social media censorship apparatus.
“It's because the values, the ideology was being programmed in. Now I think that that was the track we were on before president Trump got elected.”