Von and Matti Argue Algorithms Now Control Speech More Than Governments

What was said

"The algorithm listens more than the people. The algorithm makes a decision what you're consuming. Any opinion that the algorithm wants you to have, it will make you have it. Between you and a consumer, there's an algorithm and that decides if that content gets to the consumer. That's not free speech."

The comedians warned that social media algorithms have replaced human editorial decisions, creating a form of soft censorship more dangerous than government control. They argued this violates the foundational principle of free speech because a non-human system curates what users see based on behavioral manipulation rather than stated preferences.