Re:Parler social network sues Amazon for pulling support
by raesene9 on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @05:56AM
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I'm not sure I'd go with the "never before" piece. Lots of people have been banned off lots of plaforms.
Take payment companies for example. If Visa and Mastercard decline to do business with you (as they did with Pornhub) you're basically stuffed. Lots of individual sex workers have also had this experience. You can't make money if the payment companies won't work with you.
Also if you look back at the history of censorship you'll find loads of examples where people were effectively de-platformed. One I was reading about recently. In 1970's UK a reggae artist called Judge Dredd held the record for most songs banned by the BBC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dread).
In those days, that's effectively de-platforming that artist and there for the great crime of ... double entendre.
Take payment companies for example. If Visa and Mastercard decline to do business with you (as they did with Pornhub) you're basically stuffed. Lots of individual sex workers have also had this experience. You can't make money if the payment companies won't work with you.
Also if you look back at the history of censorship you'll find loads of examples where people were effectively de-platformed. One I was reading about recently. In 1970's UK a reggae artist called Judge Dredd held the record for most songs banned by the BBC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dread).
In those days, that's effectively de-platforming that artist and there for the great crime of ... double entendre.