White House Drafts Order to Look into Google, Facebook Practices
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#3Does anyone believe the Republicans are doing this because they believe in trust busting and regulation, or more likely, that they don’t like the outcomes about how their political messaging is handled or received on the internet.
Note that for years progressive voices have complained about censorship in media and lack of representation but they never had the political power to investigate anything.
Moreover, after the communications act of 1996, consolidation in media allowed the likes of Fox and Clearchannel to build conservative media empires, and while progressives complained and demanded a fairness doctrine or FCC regulation to prevent too much ownership, there was no zeal by GOP to do anything about it.
This looks to me to be a pure political play to the base and IMHO it is cause for concern that an administration that frequently attacks media and calls them an enemy is constantly attacking tech companies, not for the kinds of economic arguments economists would make, but for politically vindictive reasons. It looks like using government power to advance the interests of a political party.
Basically, opposing Trump or the GOP paints a target on your back, so expect corporate interests to fall in line and suck up to avoid a shakedown.
The GOP now controls all three branches of government, a majority of state governments, despite consistently losing the popular vote. Can they really claim they’re being harmed by tech companies, because if there is some conspiracy to silence their message, somehow they’re still winning like gangbusters.
Re: White House Drafts Order to Look into Google, Facebook Practices
#4Does anyone believe the Republicans are doing this because they believe in trust busting and regulation, or more likely, that they don’t like the outcomes about how their political messaging is handled or received on the internet. Note that for years progressive voices have complained about censorship in media and lack of representation but they never had the political power to investigate anything. Moreover, after t…
This makes me happy that I never worked for your employer, Google, despite many unanswered emails from their HR. I do like the diversity of thought.
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#5Does anyone believe the Republicans are doing this because they believe in trust busting and regulation, or more likely, that they don’t like the outcomes about how their political messaging is handled or received on the internet. Note that for years progressive voices have complained about censorship in media and lack of representation but they never had the political power to investigate anything. Moreover, after t…
This makes me happy that I never worked for your employer, Google, despite many unanswered emails from their HR. I do like the diversity of thought.
What does diversity of thought even mean?
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
This makes me happy that I never worked for your employer, Google, despite many unanswered emails from their HR. I do like the diversity of thought.
What does diversity of thought even mean?
It's an expression I've heard sometimes in America. From the context in which I've seen it used, I believe it means roughly "I don't like brown/black people, but lately it has become difficult to say it out loud and I'm angry about that"
People are typically not concerned about "diversity of thought" when it comes to fiscal policy or foreign policy. They're concerned about the things that they'll get in trouble for saying. You know what that is.
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#7Does anyone believe the Republicans are doing this because they believe in trust busting and regulation, or more likely, that they don’t like the outcomes about how their political messaging is handled or received on the internet. Note that for years progressive voices have complained about censorship in media and lack of representation but they never had the political power to investigate anything. Moreover, after t…
This makes me happy that I never worked for your employer, Google, despite many unanswered emails from their HR. I do like the diversity of thought.
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#8I find the republican stance on this a little ironic, considering the places that are the easiest to get banned from on the internet are right-wing. Just try posting that you like Hillary Clinton on the infowars or Breitbart forums.
You can make a Trump support group on Facebook just fine.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does diversity of thought even mean?
It's an expression I've heard sometimes in America. From the context in which I've seen it used, I believe it means roughly "I don't like brown/black people, but lately it has become difficult to say it out loud and I'm angry about that" People are typically not concerned about "diversity of thought" when it comes to fiscal policy or foreign policy. They're concerned about the things that they'll get in trouble for s…
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What does diversity of thought even mean?
It's an expression I've heard sometimes in America. From the context in which I've seen it used, I believe it means roughly "I don't like brown/black people, but lately it has become difficult to say it out loud and I'm angry about that" People are typically not concerned about "diversity of thought" when it comes to fiscal policy or foreign policy. They're concerned about the things that they'll get in trouble for s…
This is an astonishingly bad faith argument.