A handful of Silicon Valley oligarchs decide who can and cannot be heard, including the President of the United States. They exert this power unilaterally, with no standards, accountability or appeal.

Politics now is begging them to silence adversaries or permit allies to speak: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1347289861091450882
This is particularly menacing because they're not just like any other companies with competitors. A Democratic-controlled House sub-committee three months ago definitively concluded that 4 of them -- FB, Amazon, Google and Apple -- are classic monopolies. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-facebook-apple-google-have-monopoly-power-should-be-split/
House: Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Google have “monopoly power,” should be split

Blockbuster report calls for beefing up enforcement and aiming for breakups.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/house-amazon-facebook-apple-google-have-monopoly-power-should-be-split/
Demands that Silicon Valley censor more were already rapidly escalating. After yesterday, that tech oligarchs should police our discourse is a virtual consensus. Look for way more.

As I wrote today, it's very redolent of post-9/11 calls for censorship.

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dangers-in
Demands that Silicon Valley censor more were already rapidly escalating. After yesterday, that tech oligarchs should police our discourse is a virtual consensus. Look for way more.As I wrote today, it's very redolent of post-9/11 calls for censorship. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dangers-in
Demands that Silicon Valley censor more were already rapidly escalating. After yesterday, that tech oligarchs should police our discourse is a virtual consensus. Look for way more.As I wrote today, it's very redolent of post-9/11 calls for censorship. https://greenwald.substack.com/p/violence-in-the-capitol-dangers-in
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