Top-down doesn't necessitate state-level involvement. It could imply a small network of like-minded high level employees or executives collaborating on leveragi

Top-down doesn't necessitate state-level involvement. It could imply a small network of like-minded high level employees or executives collaborating on leveraging their positions in order to achieve political ends. I personally believe that most of the companies performing Parler's deplatforming have had factions waiting to do so since it's inception, but had been held back by their executives out of fear of governmental scrutiny. No collusion, as it were. With the results of the Georgia primary, the Democratic party will have majority-control of the legislative branch, and executive authority will no longer be a threat. I think Parler's deplatforming was as inevitable as Gab's. Its success with conservative legislators, and Trump gave it a short buffer. The current administration is on the outs, and the Capitol riot put enough blood in the waters to bring the sharks in early.