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When I bring the anti trust case against Google up with others (which this allegation stems from), no one seems to care about the actual content of the case. T
by candiddevmike 5y ago
When I bring the anti trust case against Google up with others (which this allegation stems from), no one seems to care about the actual content of the case. Their opinion is entirely dependent on their political "team": if you're a democrat, this is a republican witch hunt, if you're a republican, these companies are limiting free speech. They just repeat what their bubble tells them to.
There's a lot of pieces involved here, and I wish the political divisions in this country didn't stop people from actually researching the case and forming their own opinion. The outcome of this case will have massive effects and could bring about a lot of changes (both good and bad).
- smt88 5y agoI don't know where you got the idea that Democrats think this is a witch hunt. Are you talking to Democrats who work in tech and/or the companies being hunted? House Democrats were unable to find Republicans to support a recent antitrust investigation's recommendations[1]. Prominent Democrats have been pushing reinvigorating antitrust legislation for years[2], in fact. The only partisan issue is whether the govt can or should compel social media platforms to carry speech that they don't want to carry, which is a violation of the First Amendment[3] and something Republicans support. 1. https://www.protocol.com/critics-say-what-house-democrats-got-wrong-big-tech https://www.protocol.com/critics-say-what-house-democrats-go... 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/breaking-from-tech-giants-democrats-consider-becoming-an-antimonopoly-party/2017/09/04/3edc7e92-8f56-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/breaking-from-tech-... 3. https://www.lawfareblog.com/no-florida-cant-regulate-online-speech https://www.lawfareblog.com/no-florida-cant-regulate-online-...