High-stakes calls at Facebook or Twitter, corporate autocracies masquerading as mini-democracies, are just gut decisions made under extreme duress by their CEOs
not just in the precedent of law or the checks and balances of govt, but in the ability to deny access to the platforms that shape our public discourse. @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Jonathan Chevreau / @jonchevreau : The implications of Trump losing his MAGAphone via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Matthew LeBlanc / @mattl_jg : “No serious thinker believes that Twitter and Facebook, as private companies, are obligated to give any user a platform, just as no one doubts that a restaurant owner can boot an unruly diner for causing a scene.” https://twitter.com/...Lee Edwards / @terronk : Pay attention to this. They asked for something, got what they wanted, and then wasted no time in using it as an example of why the people who gave in to them have too much power. Who actually has the power here? https://www.nytimes.com/... Yashar Ali / @yashar : “In the end, two billionaires from California did what legions of politicians, prosecutors and power brokers had tried and failed to do for years: They pulled the plug on President Trump.” @kevinroose reports https://www.nytimes.com/... Benj Edwards / @benjedwards : A thoughtful piece worth reading https://twitter.com/... Jeff Poor / @jeff_poor : This sounds like a sustainable system... https://twitter.com/... Allison Carter / @allisonlcarter : This does a great job of laying out the real questions and concerns around this ban that aren't misrepresenting the First Amendment. https://twitter.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Wrote about the deplatforming of an American president, arguably the biggest moment in the history of social media, and a clarifying lesson about who's really in charge. https://www.nytimes.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : .@kevinroose : It's doubtful that Trump will ever have what he had in Facebook and Twitter — a frictionless soapbox, where he could joust w/ his enemies as well as bask in the adoration of his fans, & a direct line to every newsroom in the country. https://www.nytimes.com/... @wired : After Wednesday's attack, Trump's repeated election lies on Twitter seemed more likely to instigate violence than to quell it. https://www.wired.com/... Tracy Chou / @triketora : you must be kidding me. jack dorsey is vacationing on an island in frenchpolynesia. i'm mad enough about the shamelessly rich privileged and selfish people jaunting around the world during a pandemic already, but when you run a platform used to incite armed insurrection...??!?!! https://twitter.com/...
Trump's muzzling provides a clarifying lesson in where power resides in our digital society — not just in the precedent of law or the checks and balances of govt, but in the ability to deny access to the platforms that shape our public discourse. @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/…
“No serious thinker believes that Twitter and Facebook, as private companies, are obligated to give any user a platform, just as no one doubts that a restaurant owner can boot an unruly diner for causing a scene.” https://twitter.com/...
“Mr. Dorsey and Mr. Zuckerberg's names have never appeared on a ballot. But they have a kind of authority that no elected official on earth can claim.” @kevinroose https://www.nytimes.com/...
Pay attention to this. They asked for something, got what they wanted, and then wasted no time in using it as an example of why the people who gave in to them have too much power. Who actually has the power here? https://www.nytimes.com/...
“In the end, two billionaires from California did what legions of politicians, prosecutors and power brokers had tried and failed to do for years: They pulled the plug on President Trump.” @kevinroose reports https://www.nytimes.com/...
This does a great job of laying out the real questions and concerns around this ban that aren't misrepresenting the First Amendment. https://twitter.com/...
Wrote about the deplatforming of an American president, arguably the biggest moment in the history of social media, and a clarifying lesson about who's really in charge. https://www.nytimes.com/...
.@kevinroose : It's doubtful that Trump will ever have what he had in Facebook and Twitter — a frictionless soapbox, where he could joust w/ his enemies as well as bask in the adoration of his fans, & a direct line to every newsroom in the country. https://www.nytimes.com/...