This probably deserves it's own thread but I'm posting this year because I think some of the things I talk about pertains to the 2020 election. Feel free to delete if it's not on topic and I'll post it somewhere else.
Anyways - Orange man was suspended from twitter!
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrumphttps://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1347684877634838528After close review of recent Tweets from the
@realDonaldTrump
account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
So aside from this being dangerous I think it's important to talk about the implications of banning the current sitting President, soon to be ex-President.
I'm a firm believer that tech regulations, tech censorship, ect. were on the ballot in the 2020 election and that if Republicans were to win, they would work to take away "publisher" status away from big tech companies -- probably messing around with section 230. I think this would have been disastrous and don't believe that Republicans would have been successful in their effort because many conservatives realize you can't go around dictating how private companies handle their user policy and content regulation. So basically you would have had the status quo if Republicans were to win -- nothing changes, life goes on.
Now that democrats won and contain full control, I think we see the consequence playing out in real time. Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter obviously followed through and banned Trump too. I'm thinking that big tech companies are jumping ahead of the gun and are removing Trump because it will successfully limit Republican reach on social media platforms which means democrats control the political discussion online. Meaning, I think Facebook and Twitter banned Trump so they can avoid scrutiny by democrats who would undoubtedly push cumbersome regulations on big tech companies to if they don't adhere to de-platforming individuals they don't like. It's no secret that democrats have floated the idea of banning Trump from social media due to "inciting violence" before. Twitter also pulled the trigger and banned Sydney Powell, Michael Flynn, and a few other Q-tards.
So where does this leave us? Probably down a dark road. If someone disagrees with me, I won't fight for them to be banned. I might call them retarded, but that's another discussion.