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If the government is the instrument that directs/coerces the private corporations. Is it really the private corporations doing the de-platforming?

• noduerme 5y ago
  That's how it works in Russia and China. It's not how it works in the West. Corporations here have fiduciary responsibility and are beholden to their shareholders. To the extent government tells them to do anything, it's a big public fight in front of elected officials who we (citizens and shareholders) can also vote out of office and replace. That cannot and does not happen in dictatorships, so in China, for example, the government tells corporations what to do. That is not the case in America. I'll allow that the situation in Australia is a lot cozier when it comes to certain things like mining, but the Australian government has literally zero control over Youtube, so the argument falls flat.
  • juanani 5y ago