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So, do people think Trump is going to be a one-off, or is it going to become a regular occurrence that politicians that are deemed to be beyond the pale get dig
by dilap 6y ago
So, do people think Trump is going to be a one-off, or is it going to become a regular occurrence that politicians that are deemed to be beyond the pale get digitally annihilated?
And if the latter, only losing politicians, or politicians still actively running for office?
Not having access to social networks would obviously be a huge disadvantage for a candidate. Arguably this precedent could in practice give the big tech co's something like a soft-veto on any political candidate.
- _carl_jung 6y agoI think this is a minimization of the harmful nature of statements made by Donald Trump. We're not talking about not liking his political views. No, we're talking about dangerous encouragement of violence. It's not just that YouTube and Twitter think Trump is mean.
- dilap 6y agoI think what you're saying is you think exiling Trump is a one-off, a unique circumstance. Personally I doubt it; I think in things like this, the slopes really are slippery. Time will tell. It's interesting to consider the perspective of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny: > We have seen many examples in Russian and China of private companies becoming the state's best friends and the enablers when it comes to censorship. (He was talking about the Twitter ban specifically there, but it holds as a general principle.) https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644 https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644