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> Those who continue to argue that the social media companies are purely private ventures acting independent of US government interests are ignoring reality. Th

> Those who continue to argue that the social media companies are purely private ventures acting independent of US government interests are ignoring reality. The corporatist merger of “private” US social media companies with US government foreign policy goals has a long history Says Facebook is an arm of the government advancing shady goals and murderous drone attacks then wonders why he got blocked

axiosgunnar 6y ago
You are kind of proving his point: you are narrowing the window of acceptable opinion not to merely exclude "kill all X" but to also forbid stances like "Big Tech helps advance US gov interests overseas“. How can one not see the Orweillian direction this all seems to be taking?
- eyelidlessness 6y ago
  Ah yes, the classic Orwell quote: “if you want a picture of the future, imagine a foot stamping on a human face that could voluntarily go somewhere else to post their nonsense without consequence—forever.”
  - Fellshard 6y ago
    Except it's been made quite clear now that no other alternatives will be accepted; even the slightest misstep or lack of proper curation and/or censorship of content, and you will be stripped of your ability to run your site.
    - cecja 6y ago
      Slightest misstep LMAO look at the parler dump and search for hitler, kill, hang Pence/Romney/AOC/Pelosi and you find over THREE million hits. The hyperbole is on you or you are complicit in inciting violent action vs the president elect, the vice president, the senate and the house.
- 8note 6y ago
  "big tech helps advance us gov interests overseas" Is that supposed to be controversial? During the Arab Spring, everyone constantly talked about how big tech was helping people fight their dictators so those countries could become liberal democracy us allies
- boxmonster 6y ago
  The Supreme Court ruled corporations are people. Do you let people say whatever they want about you in your blog (let's suppose you have one) So if somebody comes on my Facebook and writes that I'm a rapist and a murderer (falsely, for sure) I'm not supposed to block them?

axiosgunnar 6y ago

You are kind of proving his point: you are narrowing the window of acceptable opinion not to merely exclude "kill all X" but to also forbid stances like "Big Tech helps advance US gov interests overseas“. How can one not see the Orweillian direction this all seems to be taking?

eyelidlessness 6y ago
Ah yes, the classic Orwell quote: “if you want a picture of the future, imagine a foot stamping on a human face that could voluntarily go somewhere else to post their nonsense without consequence—forever.”
- Fellshard 6y ago
  Except it's been made quite clear now that no other alternatives will be accepted; even the slightest misstep or lack of proper curation and/or censorship of content, and you will be stripped of your ability to run your site.
  - cecja 6y ago
    Slightest misstep LMAO look at the parler dump and search for hitler, kill, hang Pence/Romney/AOC/Pelosi and you find over THREE million hits. The hyperbole is on you or you are complicit in inciting violent action vs the president elect, the vice president, the senate and the house.
8note 6y ago
"big tech helps advance us gov interests overseas" Is that supposed to be controversial? During the Arab Spring, everyone constantly talked about how big tech was helping people fight their dictators so those countries could become liberal democracy us allies
boxmonster 6y ago
The Supreme Court ruled corporations are people. Do you let people say whatever they want about you in your blog (let's suppose you have one) So if somebody comes on my Facebook and writes that I'm a rapist and a murderer (falsely, for sure) I'm not supposed to block them?