Our Manifesto

Veamcast very carefully watched the events surrounding the shutdown of Parler.  We're inspired by their efforts but we see where they went wrong.

Social Media is Media.  Filtering hate speech and obscenity is not censorship.  It's decency.   We understand that everyone is angry but on our platform, people will need to be civil if not respectful.

But speech should not be silenced because it questions something we know to be true. Truth must challenge falsehood by making itself clear.  If we stifle opposing thought, we'll perish when the majority turns out to be wrong.  Most of us have strong opinions and little knowledge.
 
We are living in a world where technical miracles are possible and yet we are are being pulled apart and divided by media bias and suppression, fake news, sensationalist headlines, celebrity journalism, dishonest and criminal behavior on part of the social networks. We need to call these out.   We have incredible tools we can build upon.  We can do better.

Veamcast allows people to create and publish as well as comment, rate and share content from any website. It allows any type of content to be created and shared. We fully expect people to be critical of a lot of it. We expect them to comment on it and we don't expect it all to be respectful. But lines must be drawn and we must draw those lines as a collective community and not leave it to the social media companies and/or cloud providers. Algorithms can help but they should be transparent in their intent (we're working on profanity filters and we'll screen for threatening language).

Veamcast also allows content to be reported as illegal, recorded but blocked and the authorities made aware in a public forum.

Illegal and offensive content will be blocked but discussion about why will continue. A mechanism will be setup for restoration of blocked content and blocking of bogus blockers.

Copyrights belong to the creators and the spoils should be shared to those who bring the viewers in an equitable way.

We will obey the law and cooperate with law enforcement.  We'll have to deal with the file lines between between inspiring material and plagerism and between fake and fact.

False content should be disputed with facts and links disproving it's validity.  Fiction and parody should be clarified with the 'true' story.  Content should not be banned without just cause with full disclosure.

Local news and events should promote local businesses.  Local advertising should be encouraged and given priority in the hopes of restoring the small businesses which have suffered so much from this pandemic and better distribution of wealth.

We will prioritize objective thinking, positive messages and fact based reporting.