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> Recall that Parler, at the time it was the most-downloaded app in the country, was removed in January from the Apple and Google Play Stores and then denied in
by knorker 6y ago
> Recall that Parler, at the time it was the most-downloaded app in the country, was removed in January from the Apple and Google Play Stores and then denied internet service by Amazon, only after two very prominent Democratic House members publicly demanded this.
Uh, correlation does not imply causation.
You think maybe that an attempted insurrection caused both the demands and the action completely independently? They are both effects. One did not cause the other.
But it's interesting that politicians are demanding censorship be done by private companies, because they know the constitution prevents it being done by the government.
The legislative threats they imply or state cannot be censorship directly, and they know it.
- intended 6y agoHonestly the level of discussion on HN when it comes to these issues (speech and tech) drops fast. However it is a question that is pretty open to objective analysis, provided you don’t start at ideological positions. Right now around the world, in autocracies and democracies, nations are working to manage tech and speech. 1) Media (social/new/cable) and Democracies have been having a falling out. 2) Tech simply accelerates that process, and creates its own new patterns. Define the problem further, break it down and then solve.