LogFAQs > #906699930

These companies have a monopoly on the modern day public square. These platforms became so popular in the first place on the pretense that they allowed everyone to say what they wanted, within reason. People don't really have alternatives when it comes to letting their voice be heard, especially when that person is banned from most of the major platforms all at once.

You don't have to support Alex Jones or Gavin McInnes or Proud Boys to understand how this is ethically wrong. What if the shoe was on the other foot? Would left-wingers really have no problem with immensely popular left-wing figures getting deplatformed in the same manner? Would they really just accept it?

Conservatives, republicans, right-wingers, right-leaners, and independents make up a huge part of the userbase of these platforms. And in turn those who are vehemently opposed to this political censorship make up a huge part of their userbase. Left-wing authoritarians should stop with the bullshit and admit these are now unofficially left-wing designated social media platforms. Because that's what they're really happy about, at the core of the matter.

Big tech social media platforms should be regulated to protect users. And as they continue to censor more and more political targets the closer we get to the midterms or even the 2020 election the higher the chances something drastic will be done.
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