Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
The ACLU in NYT on why the union of Silicon Valley monopolies -- Apple, Google and Amazon -- to remove Parler from the internet is so problematic. While ACLU is largely just a liberal pressure group now, they still have some real civil liberties lawyers:
https://nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/parler-app-trump-free-speech.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
Tech monopolies -- FB, Google, Apple, Amazon -- have more concentrated wealth & power than any in history. They have used brute force 3 times in 3 months to manipulate US politics: censoring NY Post, banning Trump, destroying Parler.
And liberals are overwhelmingly supportive.
That these Silicon Valley monopolies are grave menaces to political freedom & economic well-being is *not* a right-wing view.
The most comprehensive report warning of these dangers was issued 3 months ago by a Democratic House Sub-Committee. Read this.
House: Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google have �monopoly power,� should be split Blockbuster report calls for beefing up enforcement and aiming for breakups.
Authoritarians never believe they're authoritarians, no matter how much censorship, surveillance, jingoism, & imprisonment they demand.
They tell themselves their enemies are so uniquely evil and dangerous - terrorists - that anything done in the name of fighting them is noble.
Do you know how many of the people arrested in connection with the Capitol invasion were active users of Parler?
Zero.
The planning was largely done on Facebook. This is all a bullshit pretext for silencing competitors on ideological grounds: just the start.
AND THEN THERE'S THIS:
@ClayTravis
Big tech companies all simultaneously reaching exact same decisions when it comes to banning individuals & businesses demands antitrust action. It�s monopolistic collusion, yes, but it also destroys marketplace of ideas & is a far bigger threat to the country than any individual.
The Chinese government restricts free speech on the internet, but big tech companies in the US are now so powerful -- and colluding -- that they have created monopolies which dictate which online speech is allowed. It should terrify anyone who cares about the marketplace of ideas.
In other words, the first amendment jurisprudence of the United States is predicated on the government not prohibiting speech. But the Internet has created such powerful companies that their power to restrict speech is now more all encompassing than the US government's.
This shouldn�t be a partisan issue at all. The marketplace of ideas allows fringe ideas to win the battle of minds. It�s how our country evolves. Many liberal & conservative thoughts that are now ascendant were once fringe minority positions. Stifling that debate makes us China
@EmmaKinery
Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro and Dan Bongino's employer, Cumulus Media, has told its on-air personalities to stop suggesting that the election was stolen from President Trump -- or face termination "immediately"
@carlquintanilla
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* DOW SUSPENDING ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL LAWMAKERS WHO VOTED TO OBJECT TO THE CERTIFICATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- SPOKESWOMAN
@Reuters $DO
@JuddLegum UPDATE:
@Citibank says it will "not support candidates who do not respect the rule of law" and will "pause contributions" to the GOP members who objected.
It is the fourth major corporation to take such a step
@JuddLegum
Jan 10
1. BREAKING
3 major corporations say they'll stop donating to members of Congress who tried to overturn the election
BlueCross BlueShield (@BCBSAssociation)
Marriott (@MarriottIntl)
@CommerceBank
Follow along for more on these 3 plus 141 other corps
@JuddLegum
BREAKING: In an internal memo to staff obtained by http://popular.info,
@AmericanExpress
CEO Steve Squeri says the company will no longer support the Republican members of Congress who objected to the Electoral College
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