Posted on 08/02/2017 5:40:33 AM PDT by Drew68
The move to online media has the possibility of creating a smaller number of gatekeepers with less ability for the government to intervene.
At this point if Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Google want to shut you up, you are shut up. Somehow the wild wild west on the web has become monopolized.
Something to ponder: If Twitter decided to shut down President Trump’s account, could anyone stop them? And what would President Trump’s response be? That account has been his primary means of communication with his supporters for months.
This is a somewhat unexpected end result.
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