Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by jumelles on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:51PM
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> Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition
Well it's a good thing the government had nothing to do with this decision then!
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by dstola on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:19PM
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I think you underestimate the effect of politics in big tech. Lobbying happens for a reason and big tech does a very big portion of it.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by akhilcacharya on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:14PM
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Weird for a libertarian to believe that a private corporation should be forced to accommodate potential customers...
I don't particularly agree with the messages of Parler or lean right at all, I am a staunch libertarian and believe that any and all opinions should be heard.
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." - not sure who to attribute it to since I don't know, but it is almost certain this censorship wave was started by a political party for political goals. The end result is the same.