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A comment on Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler. Parent comment

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by dragonwriter on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:11AM (#25713919)
> What if we simply said that what tech companies are doing may be the right thing in this case, but it really shouldn't be up to them to decide.

I think the exact opposite: it may be wrong (I don't think it is, but I think there is legitimate debate), but it absolutely should be up to them to decide the rules for their platforms.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by falcrist on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:28AM (#25714026)
I don't think it's right that a few unelected old men have the right to tell me what I can and cannot say on the internet. I want to live in a democracy, not a corporate oligarchy.

When a platform is as ubiquitous as Facebook (for example), it's not just their platform that's effected by their decisions. We're all directly effected by how they act or fail to act.

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