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I had never heard of Alex Jones before. It doesn't particularly bother me if a couple companies kick him off their platform. But it was really disturbing that
by jeffdavis 8y ago
I had never heard of Alex Jones before. It doesn't particularly bother me if a couple companies kick him off their platform.
But it was really disturbing that it was a coordinated move by all the major social platforms at once. Wow. It's shocking that they would cooperate with eachother on those decisions.
Secondarily, it undermines the idea that they can leave all kinds of bad stuff on their network (libel, etc.) and pretend like they aren't the publisher. They really want to have it both ways.
- bitcurious 8y agoIs there any proof of coordination?
- methodover 8y agoThere's not, because there wasn't any. It's like an angry drunk complaining that all the bars he's banned from are coordinating to ban him. It's like, no, you were an angry drunk separately at all of them.
- CharlesW 8y ago> But it was really disturbing that it was a coordinated move by all the major social platforms at once. That's his claim, but the reality is that (1) he violated hate speech policies on several platforms at around the same time, and (2) he's happily tweeting his usual garbage on Twitter as I type this.