Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support
by ncallaway on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:53PM
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> Would you be equally supportive if Twitter had deployed a private army of mercenaries to police the Capitol?
I'm done with this conversation as it doesn't seem to be productive or in good faith.
And we have a justice system to deal with insurrectionists and we have a democratic process with our elected representatives to remove leaders from office. This involves due process and respecting rights honed over 200 years of jurisprudence. It's not done in a corporate backroom by a couple executives with zero public accountability.
Would you be equally supportive if Twitter had deployed a private army of mercenaries to police the Capitol? What's happening here is the digital equivalent. You're busy thanking them because you support what they did. Some of us are stepping back and asking the question: wait, who controls these soldiers and what checks and balances are there on their power to police us? It turns out Twitter owns them and the checks and balances are none. If that doesn't concern you then you're missing the big picture.