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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by mhh__ on Thursday January 28, 2021 @07:35PM (#25951856)
Which deplatformings do you specifically refer to? The concern over them just seems way too tribal at the moment to be considered in league with the more serious allegations against Robinhood and the funds involved - that is big money.

Wrt Parler specifically, I think a lot of the "solutions" (or sketches toward) on this site would quickly reveal that the optimal societal configuration is closer to what we have now than one would expect - with or without S230.

Also, the wording of "using AWS" is almost libelously in need of a citation - who is doing it, and how do they have any sway over a company that is both absolutely enormous and not particularly woke?

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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by paulddraper on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:37PM (#25953012)
> Which deplatformings do you specifically refer to?

President (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram), White House, Parler (Google Play, Apple, AWS), MyPillow guy, anyone who utters the phrase "stop the steal" on Facebook, Kyle Rittenhouse (Facebook, GoFundMe, Discover)

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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by Theory5 on Friday January 29, 2021 @12:48AM (#25954485)
Wow, it's almost like private companies don't want to be seen supporting terrible people who have done terrible things, such as damage a democracy by incompetence and malice. Or encouraged and emboldened extremists cumulating in an attempt to actually harm the leaders of a country, or illegally obtain a gun, shot several people, then was seen associating with extremists who regularly call for and perpetrate violence.
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by tal8d on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:13AM (#25957372)
Well those private companies wouldn't be seen as "supporting" anybody, if they behaved with any level of consistency and transparency. It is a problem of their own making, with every virtue signal further compounding expectations. I suspect that the majority of people you hate probably have phone numbers and receive mail, but I don't believe that AT&T and UPS "support" them - because those companies don't pull these stupid stunts. Debanking is starting to get normalized... and the new liberal battle cry is "private companies!"
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by paulddraper on Saturday January 30, 2021 @12:25PM (#25970926)
Yes, that's why deplatforming happens.
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