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Posted on 08/06/2018 4:31:18 PM PDT by davikkm
Speaking of Infowars, Alex Jones and conspiracy theories, what do you make of the fact that YouTube, Apple and Facebook decided to put the kibosh on Infowars in the exact same day? You know, sometimes those crazy tin foil hat conspiracy theorists are right. Here’s the deal: it’s a known fact that big tech companies like Apple, Facebook, Twitter and Google/YouTube are heavily left leaning. This is not a secret, nor a conspiracy theory, but an empirically proven fact, by their own admission, i.e. words and actions.
The harassment and censorship (via deplatforming, shadow-banning, massive algorithm-based decrease in social-media-driven traffic etc) of conservative publishers/websites and content creators (as in individuals with a blog or a social media account) by Google/YouTube, Facebook, Twitter et al has become blatantly obvious even for normies who only read Salon/Buzzfeed and watch CNN. The crackdown on conservatives aka “politically undesirable deplorables” is in full throttle since Donald Trump won the election back in 2016. Which is pretty hilarious. I mean, Alex Jones&friends have won the ideological battle with the left, and now, under Trump, or “in Trump’s America” to use a stupid cliche, right wingers and conservatives are being heavily censored on the internet (see the dramatic case of the Daily Stormer) and social media, or get harassed and even beat up “in real life” by crazy mobs of mentally deranged leftists posing as social justice warriors; the truth is, these thing rarely happened under Obama, because conservatives and right-wingers generally speaking tend to respect the result of an election and they’re also not so much fond of protesting in the street or harassing people for their political views. Also, the mass media and big tech were happy with the Kenyan socialist in the White House, and so on and so forth.
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Drudge had this to say to Alex and others in 2015.
Excerpt: “I have completely remained independent from all of them. All of them! I am not influenced by any of them,” Drudge added. “I need no traffic from Google.”
Flashback: Matt Drudge Warns Not to ‘Get Famous’ on YouTube, ‘Google’s Hell Pit’
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/08/06/flashback-matt-drudge-warns-not-to-get-famous-on-youtube-googles-hell-pit/
ENFORCE OUR 100 Yr Old ANTI TRUST LAWS!!!
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws
The Sherman Act outlaws “every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade,” and any “monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize.” Long ago, the Supreme Court decided that the Sherman Act does not prohibit every restraint of trade, only those that are unreasonable. For instance, in some sense, an agreement between two individuals to form a partnership restrains trade, but may not do so unreasonably, and thus may be lawful under the antitrust laws. On the other hand, certain acts are considered so harmful to competition that they are almost always illegal. These include plain arrangements among competing individuals or businesses to fix prices, divide markets, or rig bids. These acts are “per se” violations of the Sherman Act; in other words, no defense or justification is allowed.
The penalties for violating the Sherman Act can be severe. Although most enforcement actions are civil, the Sherman Act is also a criminal law, and individuals and businesses that violate it may be prosecuted by the Department of Justice. Criminal prosecutions are typically limited to intentional and clear violations such as when competitors fix prices or rig bids. The Sherman Act imposes criminal penalties of up to $100 million for a corporation and $1 million for an individual, along with up to 10 years in prison. Under federal law, the maximum fine may be increased to twice the amount the conspirators gained from the illegal acts or twice the money lost by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is over $100 million.
ILLEGAL BOYCOTT....
Any company may, on its own, refuse to do business with another firm, but an agreement among competitors not to do business with targeted individuals or businesses may be an illegal boycott, especially if the group of competitors working together has market power. For instance, a group boycott may be used to implement an illegal price-fixing agreement. In this scenario, the competitors agree not to do business with others except on agreed-upon terms, typically with the result of raising prices. An independent decision not to offer services at prevailing prices does not raise antitrust concerns, but an agreement among competitors not to offer services at prevailing prices as a means of achieving an agreed-upon (and typically higher) price does raise antitrust concerns.
Saw this many years ago when “news” sites started disallowing comments. Knew it was coming.
Today only marks the day that FreeRepublic fundamentally and philosophically agreed with Facebook, Apple, Instagram, and Spotify.
Freerepublic did it before it was cool.
I am of the opinion that President Trump could break the hold of the tech companies by simply announcing the move to an alternative platform, and then cutting all ties/accounts and inviting others to do the same.
It is too early to know how this will all play out. But once again I thank President Trump for forcing the left to come out of the closet sort of speak. The left can not help themselves. If a little control is good shutting down anyone that does not agree with your point of view is even better.
Having control of education is not enough.
Having control of entertainment is not enough.
Having control over most main stream news media is not enough.
Having mobs willing to go to the street and commit mayhem and violence is not enough.
...all that and they are still losing the political war.
I am afraid they may discover what unintended consequences really means.
Lol
Matt Bracken just said if Trump started posting on gab.ai....he would break the internet. He has a good point.
A Russian Twitter? It'd be worth it to watch Leftist heads explode like Jiffy-Pop Popcorn!
Independence is a basic American Trait.
Post; comments BUMP!
I think they’ll just get better at rigging elections.
Alex Jones is scum.
A given.
Liberals, leftist, progressives, Democrats are totalitarians who will censor and ban those they can.
“Alex Jones is scum.”
Perhaps, but he is not a one man show. I am a very big fan of Paul Joseph Watson.
They are globalist allies of the Deep State. And they violate the antitrust laws. They must be taken down.
Sessions will be jumping on this any decade now.
+1
I am defending Alex “tinfoil hat” Jones’ free speech?
Dagum right!!!
Cuz when I protect his free speech, I protect my free speech.
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