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Tech giants deciding what political ideas are delete-worthy, in the places where most people get their information and hear political arguments, is not the same
by _bfhp 5y ago
Tech giants deciding what political ideas are delete-worthy, in the places where most people get their information and hear political arguments, is not the same as boycotting...
> In the digital age, we are nearing the point where an idea banished by Twitter, Facebook and Google all but vanishes from public discourse entirely, and that is only going to become more true as those companies grow even further. Whatever else is true, the implications of having those companies make lists of permitted and prohibited ideas are far more significant than when ordinary private companies do the same thing. [1]
[1] hhttps://web.archive.org/web/20161012220046/https://theintercept.com/2014/08/21/twitter-facebook-executives-arbiters-see-read/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161012220046/https://theinterc...
- marcosdumay 5y agoCancelling a person is something with strong impacts on their professional and social lives. Blocking people's speech on social networks is a very different thing.
- _bfhp 5y agoThere's a difference for sure, though in some cases one follows the other. I agree that there should be consequences for powerful people who preach hatred, when the consequences don't require giving even more power to tech giants and employers (a good example might be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaBaby#Homophobic_remarks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DaBaby#Homophobic_remarks)