Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by Consultant32452 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @12:53PM
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If you say the wrong-think loud enough, Twitter will be the least of your worries. When the credit card companies and banks start refusing to do business with you, you're completely lost in modern society. This has already happened for some people.
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Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by bluntfang on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @01:39PM
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could you point to some documentation on this please?
Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by Consultant32452 on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:59PM
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I know almost NOTHING about the people mentioned below. They're just names that I happened to catch in the news about their accounts being closed or they came up in a google search I just did. I'm certainly not implying support for them or their ideas.
Some comic creator https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/02/21/chase-bank-shuts-d...
Some Proud Boys leader https://bigleaguepolitics.com/chase-bank-shuts-down-proud-bo...
In his most recent appearance on Joe Rogan, Alex Jones reported that he had an excellent credit rating and had several of his accounts closed. This is a statement of fact that, if untrue, the banks could sue for defamation. So it's likely true.
Paypal (bankish) has gone after "hate groups" https://www.foxnews.com/tech/conservatives-call-for-paypal-b...
Mastercard banned Robert Spencer (white supremacist) https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/08/patreon-and-mastercard-ba...
Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by bluntfang on Thursday March 14, 2019 @04:04PM
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So they are banning terrorists who have possible money laundering schemes. I'm OK with this.
Re:Online activists are silencing us, scientists say
by Consultant32452 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @09:31PM
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Have any of those characters actually been convicted of money laundering or terrorism? I actually don't know. The only one I'm vaguely familiar with is Alex Jones, and as far as I can tell he's like a modern tabloid guy.