The censorship is systematic, pervasive, and consistent in its orientation -- and it's not confined to Twitter.
In this article I wrote almost two years ago, I draw upon the Capabilities Approach to state a moral case for why Medium.com should have reinstated Aj Kay's 'The Curve is Already Flat,' despite the fact that they are a private company.
At the time, my argument was that there are limits to autonomy of private companies that have already been recognized and codified in our society. For example, we do not permit private bankers to discriminate against borrowers on the basis of race. Neither should we allow private publishers to discriminate against authors -- yet, these are what the current terms of service at Medium allow.
What we've learned since then is the digital publishers were not acting as private companies, but as agents of the Federal government, and at government direction.
As these lawsuits make their way thru the courts, discovery may reveal extraordinary abuses of government power that violate our Constitution.
In other words, the case against censorship at Twitter, Medium, Google, and Facebook is no longer moral. It is also now legal.
Twitter deleting accounts "at any time and for any or no reason" reminds you very much of arbitrary covid rules issued by governors, presidents, and other government executives.
The censorship is systematic, pervasive, and consistent in its orientation -- and it's not confined to Twitter.
In this article I wrote almost two years ago, I draw upon the Capabilities Approach to state a moral case for why Medium.com should have reinstated Aj Kay's 'The Curve is Already Flat,' despite the fact that they are a private company.
https://medium.com/morozko-method/reinstate-the-curve-is-already-flat-fc8798a0ccac?sk=6ede62bd4afb3d4f4dfa318f0c0e0946
Medium banished her from their platform instead.
At the time, my argument was that there are limits to autonomy of private companies that have already been recognized and codified in our society. For example, we do not permit private bankers to discriminate against borrowers on the basis of race. Neither should we allow private publishers to discriminate against authors -- yet, these are what the current terms of service at Medium allow.
What we've learned since then is the digital publishers were not acting as private companies, but as agents of the Federal government, and at government direction.
As these lawsuits make their way thru the courts, discovery may reveal extraordinary abuses of government power that violate our Constitution.
In other words, the case against censorship at Twitter, Medium, Google, and Facebook is no longer moral. It is also now legal.
Twitter deleting accounts "at any time and for any or no reason" reminds you very much of arbitrary covid rules issued by governors, presidents, and other government executives.
Where’s your alt account?
without censorship the current gaslight campaign would have large headwinds
full on fascism from pharma to communication utilities to private employers, from shots to masks to what is allowed to be talked about
a lot of entities made a lot of money stemming from others being censored and information not allowed to come to light