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I think big tech has egg on their face for quite some time from this one. I dont care about Parler but it was clearly a political ban to appease the new party

I think big tech has egg on their face for quite some time from this one. I dont care about Parler but it was clearly a political ban to appease the new party in power. Theres a lot of evidence coordination took place on Facebook and Twitter to a higher extent, and it would be absurd to say this type of stuff is not on those platforms in general. People are not going to forget this from an anti-trust perspective and how much power these companies really have to ban competition and have total control over markets.

Causality1 6y ago
Yep. Parler was and is a cesspit but all evidence indicates Facebook, not Parler, was the central platform for the insurrection. Parler was just the highlights reel.
brundolf 6y ago
> it was clearly a political ban to appease the new party in power I don't see it that way at all. I think these companies' PR is just constantly hanging off of whatever 51% of the country wants to see them do. When the riot happened, public opinion on Parler getting limited/kicked off the internet tipped from just under 50% to just over 50%, and every major corporation to whom it was relevant was watching. It doesn't matter whether more planning happened on Facebook, because that's not the way the public felt about it. I think it's really that simple. Of course it's still a problem that a handful of companies have so much power and reach. Tyranny of the majority is a thing [1]. But I see no need to invoke conspiracy. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority