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Is there any argument for anti-competitive behavior here? It's weird because Google/Apple don't directly compete with Parler or other alternate social media sit
by holler 6y ago
Is there any argument for anti-competitive behavior here? It's weird because Google/Apple don't directly compete with Parler or other alternate social media sites, but they are clearly in the same bed with those who do, Facebook, Twitter.
For instance Jack Dorsey recently admitted that his employees coordinate with employees at the other big tech companies on moderation actions.
I'm just wondering what if any legal courses these actions could take?
- Acrobatic_Road 6y agoYES. Banning parler on the same day you ban Trump? This was planned and co-ordinated by Twitter and Apple. It's likely the activist group "Sleeping Giants" is involved as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Giants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Giants
- 2311ski 6y agoIt's conspiracies all the way down for you folks isn't it?
- Acrobatic_Road 6y agoBig Tech has collaborated to de-platform people before. Remember when Alex Jones got banned from literally everything in one day?
- ffs_123321 6y agoYou mean when he was illegally harassing victims of a school shooting?
- Acrobatic_Road 6y agoI don't remember exactly why they did it, but they did it. So we can say that yes, big tech definitely works together to de-platform people.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoMaybe they’re not coordinating and they’re just cowardly. Alex Jones should have been pre-banned the moment anyone ever heard of him. The fact that he wasn’t was a clear indication that these platforms either didn’t know who he was, didn’t think he’d get the audience he did, or were simply afraid of the blowback.
- jjulius 6y agoYou'd do well to cite sources and provide evidence - specific to this, not just a generalized Wiki article - when making such claims.
- cafed00d 6y agoThere is absolutely nothing competitive about coordinating about moderation policies. If Twitter and Facebook software engineers were coordinating about what rules to define in their respective orgs for a company-wide JavaScript linter then that would not be considered anti-competitive. That is precisely what content moderation policies are — rules to prevent filthy code from perpetuating. Filthy code can sometimes come in the form of incitements to violence. Other times it’s a recursive function with no base case.
- holler 6y agoThat's true re: moderation. I guess I'm more curious about the fact that Google/Apple have an effective monopoly on "app stores". I need to read the details but what were the exact violations that caused Parler to be removed? Can they be reinstated if they resolve the issue? The timing is what feels suspicious and politically motivated.