on a related note, i am getting a massive amount of propaganda via youtube's ads. i have personalization turned off on youtube and google, so these are i guess from youtube's default ad pool or whatever. the ads i see are all sorts of propaganda either for or against places like israel, china, and all other sorts of issues. it is insane. i've never been under assault of more propaganda, even when traveling in china, and i've greatly reduced my use of youtube because there's been no way to stop these ads. all i watch on youtube are random interest clips (e.g., guitar) that have nothing to do with politics, news, etc.

one of these is from the organization "epoch times" or something like that which are bluntly anti-chinese propaganda. i have no idea what's going on, but it's clear youtube and google are sellouts to the highest bidder.