Posted on 01/10/2021 8:36:56 AM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
OAN Newsroom UPDATED 7:04 PM PT – Sunday, January 10, 2021 Supporters and non-supporters of President Trump are speaking out against Big Tech’s far-reaching ability to censor people.
“Facebook, Twitter, they all took down the President’s accounts,” Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow said. “They took down Sydney Powell’s. They took down General Flynn’s, all my friends are out there. So many that are in the media, they took down theirs. They took them all. We had all social platforms so they’re not going to be able to get these messages out there, and it’s their livelihood. This is the danger we’re in right now.”
A lawyer for the ACLU condemned social media companies, namely Facebook and Twitter, for the move, saying it’s concerning that these companies wield the unchecked power to remove people from their platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions.
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In a series of tweets, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny called Twitter’s decision “unacceptable.” He believes officials based the decision off of emotion and political preference.
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Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h Replying to @navalny 2. Of course, during his time in the office, Trump has been writing and saying very irresponsible things. And paid for it by not getting re-elected for a second term. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 3. The election is a straightforward and competitive process. You can participate in it, you can appeal against the results, they're being monitored by millions of people. The ban on Twitter is a decision of people we don't know in accordance with a procedure we don't know. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 4. In my opinion, the decision to ban Trump was based on emotions and personal political preferences. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 5. Don't tell me he was banned for violating Twitter rules. I get death threats here every day for many years, and Twitter doesn't ban anyone (not that I ask for it). Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 6. Among the people who have Twitter accounts are cold-blooded murderers (Putin or Maduro) and liars and thieves (Medvedev). For many years, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have been used as a base for Putin's "troll factory" and similar groups from other authoritarian countries Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 7. Those who denied COVID-19 exist freely and communicate on Twitter. Their words have cost thousands of lives. And yet, it was Trump who got banned publicly and ostentatiously. Such selectivity indicates that this was an act of censorship. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 8. Of course, Twitter is a private company, but we have seen many examples in Russian and China of such private companies becoming the state's best friends and the enablers when it comes to censorship. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 9. If you replace "Trump" with "Navalny" in today's discussion, you will get an 80% accurate Kremlin's answer as to why my name can't be mentioned on Russian TV and I shouldn't be allowed to participate in any elections. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 10. This precedent will be exploited by the enemies of freedom of speech around the world. In Russia as well. Every time when they need to silence someone, they will say: 'this is just common practice, even Trump got blocked on Twitter'. Alexey Navalny @navalny
22h 11. If @twitter and @jack want to do things right, they need to create some sort of a committee that can make such decisions. We need to know the names of the members of this committee, understand how it works, how its members vote and how we can appeal against their decisions.
“ In China the State controls the media
In America the media controls the State”
Jack Posobiec
And guess who isn’t losing any sleep over it. Big tech execs. Totally protected now.
America will also lose so-call soft power liberals love to mention: invisible asset of American political system and institutions which other countries respect and admire. Now in one fell swoop, that is gone.
We will be Venezuela in ten years....the courts will never stop the left now...
They do not want what is coming to the Trump supporters
Under fire? Pffft...they are giving us the finger and laughing about it.
During the ceremony of England’s final defeat by George Washington their band played ‘The World Turned Upside Down’. A Russian leader fighting American tyranny needs the same tune!
Should’ve surprised anybody that these companies, which are in bed with the Chinese, or doing this? They develop the means to censor and control citizens. Now they’re using it.
“We will be Venezuela in ten years....the courts will never stop the left now..”
Two years, maybe less.
China has the upper hand now. It has TRILLIONS of surplus US dollars from all those ugly trade deficits for decades. We are now paying the price for happily snarfing up cheap Chinese made stuff in Walmart, Amazon & eBay. There never is a free lunch.
Chinese will be exporting more than computer hardware. They are exporting their state surveillance system, too. They would love to offer it to any “ally” asking for it.
I’m thinking more and more of legal actin against big tech.
They are acting under color of law via section 230, and top government officials are encouraging the censorship. They also have created a modern “public square”.
Novel arguments? But they are novel technologies.
And they’re are other issues of foreign influence without registering a foreign agents, many others.
Of course the lawsuits will need to be proofread for all the typos lol.
They are in a heavenly sphere above ours. A finger snap has someone eliminated from monetized enterprise and silenced in expressing their opinions and a wave of the hand brings new millions of dollars to BLM or the DNC.
The threat to big social media moguls? An emotional call on Levin or Dan Bongino's show. Or maybe even a post on a forum. Or a boycott resulting in loss of 1.1% of their revenue (paid for with tax advantages).
What if AT&T decided to cut off the White House and the President.
Because they disagree with him.
Would we all be saying “they can run their company any way want, and ban whoever they want”. Somehow I doubt it.
And need to be scrutinized if plaintiffs have a standing and/or the suit is disenfranchising other users.
Since conservatives and Republicans are telling the truth, the only viable response is to silence them.
Of course....but have our Congressional Leaders really objected?
Twilio just cut ties with Parler, meaning 2FA or phone signup verification is down.
You would be able to bypass needing a phone number/email by entering random digits, and possibly start botting depending on how good their captcha is.
Parler is now being attacked by leftest bots so they have turn new sign ups off
If social media loses half its membership, at what point will stockholders say enough, and demand new leader ship. What is the responsibility of the leader ship to make a profit? And the stockholders agree to lose money to accomplish a political and that they might not agree with?
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