The problem with the banning of Trump on Facebook and Twitter is NOT one of Free Speech, at least not directly. The bigger problem is that less than a handful of tech companies now control social media, and in fact, control the existence of social media platforms.
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Things I've learned reading comics:
Time Travel is messy, the good guys always win, sometimes the good guys lose, sometimes winning isn't quite winning, you can be good and poor, you can be good and rich, you can be bad and poor, you can be bad and rich..
Now Apple and Google have pulled Parler. How exactly do you idiots think this plays out?
The people you silence today are tomorrow’s terrorists. The users of Parler aren’t Trump. They don’t have access to the press or news stations or radio..
Now @Apple and @Google have pulled @parler_app - how exactly do you idiots think this plays out?
The people you silence today are tomorrow’s terrorists.
You’ll see.
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