it can simultaneously be true that Alex Jones deserves what he got but it is deeply problematic that Facebook / Google / Apple / Twitter can give it. let’s not suddenly go all glibertarian about what private businesses with immense power can do.
in addition to pressure from above, there's also pressure from below, as 'right-thinking' users of social media platforms have become horrified at the influence wielded by 'wrong-thinking' users and increasingly call for their defenestration...
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definitely, but user-vs-user & mkt pressures worry me less – they hit marginal/skin-in-the-game limits, & thus satiety/equilibrium, faster. state power (or threats thereof) brings permanence/harshness, & makes badthought 'illegal' rather than just 'fringe'
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I think the dynamic is a bit more pernicious, personally. government legitimises itself by appealing to some sort of philosophical or ethical framework and users can appeal to the same set of reference points in order to encourage social media platforms to blacklist you, ...
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your employer to fire you, and so on. that leverage is why you're more likely to lose your job because you've annoyed the Twitter mob than the government.
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