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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by refurb on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:09PM (#25694203)
With the new War on Domestic Terror(TM) ramping up, I think the tech companies see a business opportunity for a private-public partnership to save the republic.

We can silence dangerous speech with no concerns about the 1st amendment (it's a private platform after all). All your Whatsapp chats can now be mined by Facebook (which the NSA will have access to as well). And the switch that controls social media communications is safely in the hands of Zuckerberg.

It's all coming together perfectly. Well... perfectly for big tech.

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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by guscost on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:12PM (#25694275)
“War on (Domestic) Terror”
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by codecamper on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:13PM (#25694300)
They were domestic terrorists and they will stand trial. And whoever organized the event will hopefully be tried for treason. With a punishment that is appropriate for that crime.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by refurb on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:18PM (#25694423)
Exactly. Now is not the time to be quibbling about constitutional rights or the influence of big tech on political discourse. We'll deal with all that petty stuff when the crisis is over.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by djsumdog on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:30PM (#25694708)
Yep, I'm sure those rights will be restored once the "crisis" is over. That's what governments always do.
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by disposekinetics on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:36PM (#25694811)
Just like after 9/11, that worked out well for everyone right?
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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by codecamper on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:08AM (#25726877)
What are you guys going on about?

They were obviously criminals and things like this need to be crushed or they happen again & get worse.

Freedoms are for non-criminals.

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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by djsumdog on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:59AM (#25729681)
The United States is the only country where you are still required to take off your shoes before going through the TSA line. They can still put their hands all over you and molest you (they do to me every time I fly). No one complains anymore. No one finds the body scanners invasive anymore, even though the millimeter wave ones have massive false positive rates and are basically million dollar machines just for show.

The patriot act is still in place. We have FISA courts. We have unlimited domestic spying.

What fantasy world are you living in?

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