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Measured, Found Wanting
I don't care who is kicked off of twitter or facebook. It's all part of the process. People have been told for years about the way Facebook treats user privacy but still use it.
Of course the people that run these platforms are made more powerful by the control they wield over the messages that they allow to be presented. It's just taking time to realize this. That's what I mean about this "censorship" being part of the process.
People have allowed the Internet to be more and more controlled, and there is always a good reason why. In the US we found that all of our email, our phone calls, and all electronic communication is subject to government review without notice, and certainly without warrant, but you know, terrorism. An event like this spectacle the other day, or like the twin towers attacks, can change things. "Oh please save us from the radicals and terrorists! We don't care what it takes as long as we're safe!"
So now we have tweets like "If I saw a friend on video attacking the Capitol, I"d report them to the FBI. Retweet if you would, too."
All that we learn when people are no longer allowed access to platforms is that the access they've previously been allowed was allowed.
Of course the people that run these platforms are made more powerful by the control they wield over the messages that they allow to be presented. It's just taking time to realize this. That's what I mean about this "censorship" being part of the process.
People have allowed the Internet to be more and more controlled, and there is always a good reason why. In the US we found that all of our email, our phone calls, and all electronic communication is subject to government review without notice, and certainly without warrant, but you know, terrorism. An event like this spectacle the other day, or like the twin towers attacks, can change things. "Oh please save us from the radicals and terrorists! We don't care what it takes as long as we're safe!"
So now we have tweets like "If I saw a friend on video attacking the Capitol, I"d report them to the FBI. Retweet if you would, too."
All that we learn when people are no longer allowed access to platforms is that the access they've previously been allowed was allowed.