Big Tech deplatforming should be disturbing for everyone, regardless of politics

Re:Big Tech deplatforming should be disturbing for everyone,... by rvz on Thursday February 11, 2021 @10:57PM (#26110601)

We already know. They're a private platform and they can remove / censor / de-platform whoever they want and you're only 'licensed' to use their software unless you violate their ToS.

Here goes the cycle.

1. De-platformed from Twitter or Facebook, Don't like it? build your own social network.

2. De-platformed off of AWS, GCP, Azure, Don't like it? build your own servers (i.e self-hosting)

3. De-platformed off of the internet payments level. Don't like it? Use cryptocurrencies.

4. De-platformed off of the IP level. Don't like it? Register and assign your own ASNs.

But don't worry, de-platforming won't happen to us, I'm sure that big tech always listens to their users! /s

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Re:Big Tech deplatforming should be disturbing for everyone,... by shepardrtc on Friday February 12, 2021 @06:43AM (#26112633)

All of those points are correct. "Big Tech" can remove me if they want. Why are they required to serve me?

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Re:Big Tech deplatforming should be disturbing for everyone,... by totalZero on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:11PM (#26110652)

I can't think of a single voice that I wanted to hear, nor a single entity with which I wanted to interact, that was successfully de-platformed through any of these pathways.

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Re:Big Tech deplatforming should be disturbing for everyone,... by COGlory on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:18PM (#26110690)

Yeah but I'm OK making the decision about who I want to interact with myself. I don't need other people to make it for me.

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