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Re:Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations by banads on Sunday January 12, 2020 @01:11PM (#22027890)
>A tech company can deplatform you with impunity, but they’re not inflicting any real violence in the process. Corporations are still agents of real people, and those people are still subject to the laws of nations.

The influence of Twitter on say, the Arab Spring, says differently. Or the many other cases of social media platforms and algorithms being used to incite mobs, riots, and revolutions.

Hatred is a prime input/output for algorithms optimized for engagement. We all know what impulsive mass hatred can lead to.

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Re:Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations by SllX on Sunday January 12, 2020 @05:40PM (#22030116)
What we are discussing here is not whether a platform which enables people to communicate can be used to incite and coordinate violence, of course it can!

We’re discussing whether deplatforming a person from a private social media platform or video distribution platform is a form of violence.

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Re:Tech giants have as much money and influence as nations by banads on Monday January 13, 2020 @11:14AM (#22035671)
We're discussing the violent capabilities of governments versus tech giants.
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