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This and eroding section 230. I wonder if tech companies are going to fire back at trump.

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godzillabrennus 6y ago
If Facebook/twitter/google wanted to play with fire they could use their platformS to basically vanquish the GOP. Those three companies control a significant amount of what people see online.
- retortio 6y ago
  Hooray for a few corporations controlling almost everything we see online! It's ok because it's "my side" that has the power! Principles be damned, life is a power grab and I'm on the winning side, yippee! This will never turn out badly for me or anyone else in the future!
  - consz 6y ago
    Using a tool available to you is not bad just because it would be bad if the other side could also use it.
    - throwlogon 6y ago
      It's surely an indication that the tool should not be available though, assuming the two sides are subject to the same rules.
  - lern_too_spel 6y ago
    The "other side" has been playing these games with school board book standards and redistricting. It's naive to think that one side's restraint will be paid back with restraint from the other side. A better tactic might be to exploit as much as you can, so the other side also calls for reforms. The same could be said for any loophole. If you don't exploit it, that does not mean that nobody else will exploit it. You should push for the loophole to be fixed while exploiting it to show why.
- saltedonion 6y ago
  Certainly. But the risk is incredibly high. If trump gets re-elected he’s going to go after these guys big time. Breaking them up would not be stretching the imagination. Censoring trump is the nuclear option.
  - tartoran 6y ago
    If he gets reelected (not likely) he would do it regardless. He’ll destroy the country too
    - whb07 6y ago
      Word of advice, don’t let your extreme biases cloud observations and judgements.
      - remote_phone 6y ago
        I’m completely unbiased. I voted for Trump in 2016. I think up until the pandemic he was probably going to win. The Democrats were deeply uninspiring except for Andrew Yang, and young people voted even less in 2020 than they did in 2016 which is why Bernie went down. However after the pandemic and his complete lack of leadership over police brutality incidents and the BLM protests, he has turned off a lot of previous supporters and fired up a lot of unmotivated haters. I think it’s going to be a landslide Blue Wave. To put in another way, if Trump wins again, the Dems need to dissolve the party and the liberals need to create a new party altogether. This is about as easy home run as it gets for them.
- samfisher83 6y ago
  Trump won the election largely by leveraging Twitter and Facebook.
downerending 6y ago
Pretty sure they've been "weapons free" since election day 2016.

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If Facebook/twitter/google wanted to play with fire they could use their platformS to basically vanquish the GOP. Those three companies control a significant amount of what people see online.

retortio 6y ago
Hooray for a few corporations controlling almost everything we see online! It's ok because it's "my side" that has the power! Principles be damned, life is a power grab and I'm on the winning side, yippee! This will never turn out badly for me or anyone else in the future!
- consz 6y ago
  Using a tool available to you is not bad just because it would be bad if the other side could also use it.
  - throwlogon 6y ago
    It's surely an indication that the tool should not be available though, assuming the two sides are subject to the same rules.
- lern_too_spel 6y ago
  The "other side" has been playing these games with school board book standards and redistricting. It's naive to think that one side's restraint will be paid back with restraint from the other side. A better tactic might be to exploit as much as you can, so the other side also calls for reforms. The same could be said for any loophole. If you don't exploit it, that does not mean that nobody else will exploit it. You should push for the loophole to be fixed while exploiting it to show why.
saltedonion 6y ago
Certainly. But the risk is incredibly high. If trump gets re-elected he’s going to go after these guys big time. Breaking them up would not be stretching the imagination. Censoring trump is the nuclear option.
- tartoran 6y ago
  If he gets reelected (not likely) he would do it regardless. He’ll destroy the country too
  - whb07 6y ago
    Word of advice, don’t let your extreme biases cloud observations and judgements.
    - remote_phone 6y ago
      I’m completely unbiased. I voted for Trump in 2016. I think up until the pandemic he was probably going to win. The Democrats were deeply uninspiring except for Andrew Yang, and young people voted even less in 2020 than they did in 2016 which is why Bernie went down. However after the pandemic and his complete lack of leadership over police brutality incidents and the BLM protests, he has turned off a lot of previous supporters and fired up a lot of unmotivated haters. I think it’s going to be a landslide Blue Wave. To put in another way, if Trump wins again, the Dems need to dissolve the party and the liberals need to create a new party altogether. This is about as easy home run as it gets for them.
samfisher83 6y ago
Trump won the election largely by leveraging Twitter and Facebook.

downerending 6y ago

Pretty sure they've been "weapons free" since election day 2016.