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Big Tech Under More Fire For Removing President Trump’s Accounts
OANN ^ | January 10, 2021

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at oann.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigtech; censorship; facebook; trump; twitter
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To: Williams

Legal action against Big tech? Ha! They’ll just be fined at best and that won’t hurt them in the least...besides they’re protected from suites.


21 posted on 01/10/2021 9:06:54 AM PST by caww (Our God Reigns.....)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

“Pig Tech” must be recognized for what it is: Anti-American.

On that basis alone, it should be eliminated from America.


22 posted on 01/10/2021 9:06:58 AM PST by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
The irony of all this is that these tech companies are engaging in a series of suicidal measures that are undermining all of the advantages that are the foundation of their very existence.

1. I never promoted my business through one of these stupid social media platforms because I did not have full control of the content, the platform or the users. It’s turned out to be one of the smartest decisions I’ve ever made.

2. When I bought a new mobile phone last year I didn’t get an iPhone 10 ... or even an iPhone 1. I got a flip phone that’s about a 2002-2003 vintage. It was the simplest and least functional phone available.

3. This year I’m “upgrading” my office computer system ... by DOWNGRADING it. My cloud-based system is being replaced by an internal server where I’ll be hosting all of my files myself.

If I can’t trust Big Tech, I can’t use it.

23 posted on 01/10/2021 9:06:59 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("There's somebody new and he sure ain't no rodeo man.")
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To: silverleaf

I often post the following to liberals:

“You’d better hope that you always, and I mean always, agree with your Democrat politicians the Political Correctness of the day or this will be turned on you.”

Right now they don’t get it. That’s OK. America is made of rebels. Who’s “the man” now???


24 posted on 01/10/2021 9:07:42 AM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: rktman

“ And guess who isn’t losing any sleep over it. Big tech execs. Totally protected now.”

Until the Party turns on them, like the CCP is with Jack Ma.


25 posted on 01/10/2021 9:09:04 AM PST by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Good for you. Downgrading a computer system does not look like a smart move for many people. But if you want a security and total control of your system, that is the way to go, I think.


26 posted on 01/10/2021 9:16:36 AM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

If any conservative media figure thinks that they need Twitter because “it’s their livelihood”, then they are seriously delusional.


27 posted on 01/10/2021 9:20:45 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

The democrat socialists no longer have to worry about elections. Big Tech has cracked the code and the electoral system is now “pwned.”


28 posted on 01/10/2021 9:30:35 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Hojczyk

Less time than that most likely. The left are going to go mental in the first 4 years IF they steal this election


29 posted on 01/10/2021 9:32:21 AM PST by Bob434
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

That and $.50 will get you a Phone Call if you can actually find a Pay Phone.


30 posted on 01/10/2021 9:35:31 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Bob434
But first they have to overcome 600 millions guns and 25 trillion ammos, though.:)
31 posted on 01/10/2021 9:46:44 AM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Trump is letting the criminals commit the crimes.


32 posted on 01/10/2021 9:50:00 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Those 600 million guns are NOT organized militia. The leftist will take out one conservative at a time using the organized police force, the tax code, and the upper echelons in FBI & Justice. Military will stay out of it under the delusion they do not want to get involved in politics. In the end the lefty will diminish the military to become just a rag tag army who will not be able to defeat Mexico.

So yes, surrendering the election of 2020 to fraud is the death nell for what was the best republic ever created by the extremely wise framers of US Constitution.


33 posted on 01/10/2021 9:59:03 AM PST by entropy12 (It is NOT WHO VOTES, it is who COUNTS THE VOTES, become the rulers...I think Stalin said that?)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew
All of this mess falls on the shoulders of one man:

Chief Justice John Robert’s, are you proud of what your actions have wrought?

34 posted on 01/10/2021 10:09:59 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Even the ACLU chimes in. wow! Even if it’s out of a pretense of fairness


35 posted on 01/10/2021 10:26:22 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: unixfox

They completely disabled Presidential Alerts on my phone without an update or notification.


36 posted on 01/10/2021 10:46:52 AM PST by Ms. AntiFeminazi
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To: TigerLikesRoosterNew

Break these monopolies up and throw the perps of the insurrection in prison.


37 posted on 01/10/2021 10:50:07 AM PST by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789! )
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To: silverleaf

“In China the State controls the media. In America the State controls the media.”

Eddie01


38 posted on 01/10/2021 11:07:42 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Fai Mao

“We will be Venezuela in ten years....the courts will never stop the left now..”

“Two years, maybe less.”

It will take a while before we get there. It’s right now too big to fail. I’m thinking 2048 is the target. Our Children will curse our memories for not teaching them better. Their children will either curse their parents for leading them into poverty stricken communist dictatorship. Or they will live like peaceful sheep in a totalitarian utopia. But this is the direction they wanna go. Their children will need to shed blood to get out when the benevolence runs out and individuals recognize they’re enslaved.


39 posted on 01/10/2021 11:10:30 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (Democrats are not the enemy, Republicans are not your friends. We're on our own folks!)
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To: caww

OTOH, they have physical infrastructure of their own that could be “stress-tested.”


40 posted on 01/10/2021 11:13:15 AM PST by ClarityGuy
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