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How is that different from Apple and Google removing apps of Trump supporters and social media companies closing their communication channels? Is it democratic

How is that different from Apple and Google removing apps of Trump supporters and social media companies closing their communication channels? Is it democratic, as opposed to this case, just because companies did it without an official request from the government/courts? Here's comes to mind the old saying: "a King only has to think about something, and others will do it without him even asking. Smaller players will need to actually request and even use the brute force to get things done". As a side note, Navalny is not a democrat, he's a racist, but somehow gets labelled as democrat in western media just because he's against Putin.

dilap 5y ago
Beyond even Trump supporters, Twitter banned Trump himself. (While he was still the democratically-elected president!) Among those alarmed by the move were...Navalny, who described it as "an unacceptable act of censorship". https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644?lang=en https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644?lang=...
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- glacia01 5y ago
  He also publicly supported Biden on last elections. So?
keewee7 5y ago
>he's a racist No, he is not. Navalny was against banning a right-wing group from protesting and exercising their freedom of speech. He explicitly condemned their racism and hatred but said it was wrong to limit their freedom of speech: >In late 2006, Navalny appealed to the Moscow City Hall, asking it to grant permission to conduct the nationalist 2006 Russian march. However, he added that Yabloko (Navalny's party) condemned "any ethnic or racial hatred and any xenophobia" and called on the police to oppose "any fascist, Nazi, xenophobic manifestations".
- tut-urut-utut 5y ago
  > >he's a racist > No, he is not. Yes, he is. For example, he never distanced himself from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw Even if you don't speak Russian, the message is clear. People in the USA have been labelled as racists for much lesser offences. https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/25/ethnic-slurs-haunt-alexey-navalny/ https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/25/ethnic-slurs-haunt-alexe... A quick google “Navalny racist” will bring many sources, some of them in English, that points to his various racist incidents.
  - lostmsu 5y ago
    I watched the video, and it is clear that the video is advocating the right for personal firearms. I saw no racism in the video. Unless you would consider any depiction of criminals racist unless it shows criminals of all races (which I am won't).

dilap 5y ago

Beyond even Trump supporters, Twitter banned Trump himself. (While he was still the democratically-elected president!) Among those alarmed by the move were...Navalny, who described it as "an unacceptable act of censorship". https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644?lang=en https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644?lang=...

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glacia01 5y ago
He also publicly supported Biden on last elections. So?

keewee7 5y ago

>he's a racist No, he is not. Navalny was against banning a right-wing group from protesting and exercising their freedom of speech. He explicitly condemned their racism and hatred but said it was wrong to limit their freedom of speech: >In late 2006, Navalny appealed to the Moscow City Hall, asking it to grant permission to conduct the nationalist 2006 Russian march. However, he added that Yabloko (Navalny's party) condemned "any ethnic or racial hatred and any xenophobia" and called on the police to oppose "any fascist, Nazi, xenophobic manifestations".

tut-urut-utut 5y ago
> >he's a racist > No, he is not. Yes, he is. For example, he never distanced himself from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVNJiO10SWw Even if you don't speak Russian, the message is clear. People in the USA have been labelled as racists for much lesser offences. https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/25/ethnic-slurs-haunt-alexey-navalny/ https://globalvoices.org/2013/07/25/ethnic-slurs-haunt-alexe... A quick google “Navalny racist” will bring many sources, some of them in English, that points to his various racist incidents.
- lostmsu 5y ago
  I watched the video, and it is clear that the video is advocating the right for personal firearms. I saw no racism in the video. Unless you would consider any depiction of criminals racist unless it shows criminals of all races (which I am won't).