Activist, author, and public speaker Maajid Nawaz has revealed that heโll be hosting episodes of his new show, โRadical w/Maajid Nawaz,โ exclusively on the decentralized video sharing platform Odysee.
Nawaz made the announcement during his recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast and said heโd chosen Odysee because of its decentralized, blockchain-based infrastructure.
โEven if the Odysee websiteโs removed, the LBRY blockchainโฆthat those videos sit on stay on the blockchain and I will then own my own content,โ Nawaz said.
Nawazโs announcement about joining Odysee followed him predicting that decentralization of everything, including information and currencies, will be the future due to the invention of the internet.
โWhatโs coming around the corner is the decentralization of everything. Of media, therefore of narrativesโฆdecentralization of the economy through crypto,โ Nawaz said.
During his appearance on Roganโs podcast, Nawaz also called out YouTube for its censorship of conservative commentator Dan Bongino and Triggernometry and cited this increased censorship of independent creators and channels as part of his motivation for switching to Odysee.
โI want to live by example,โ Nawaz added. โIf Iโm worried about going either in a centralized direction with the planet or a decentralized direction, I want to try and move my own media content in a decentralized way.โ
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Nawaz is the latest of many independent creators and groups to embrace Odysee. Dr. Ron Paul, Front Line Covid-19 Critical Care Alliance, and Atajurt Kazakh Human Rights have also started to use the platform after facing censorship on YouTube.
Not only does Odyseeโs blockchain-based infrastructure make it one of the most censorship-resistant video sharing platforms but also regularly adds new features. This month alone, it added live stream scheduling, live stream chat improvements, playlist sorting options, and more.