My point is that no one is neutral, especially a corporation. As we've seen time and time again, corporations do what they must to make money. In the case of facebook that even went so far as using addictive design methods to lure people to their product time and again. In a sense, they were a massive driver to the wide launch of free-to-play gambling mechanics with Farmville and their host of other games in the mid oughts.
Meanwhile, Facebook is NOT a public utility. Anyone using the platform is making the platform money. Period. That money is not controlled by any coalition or governing body chosen by an electorate. The idea that Facebook is a utility is disingenuous.
"Deactivate right wingers" is also disingenuous. Rush Limbaugh has a page. Sean Hannity has a page. Tucker Carlson has a page. Fox News has a page. Breitbart has a page." All of these entities have millions of followers. Who is getting deactivated, and what about their message caused this situation for them?
What does "right or wrong" have to do with this? The government will work with whomever they must to retain power. We already know that. We already know the government was doing plenty of bad things long before Facebook came on the scene. You clearly don't think a company controlling it's platform is "bad." You just don't like when they control it in a way that doesn't align with your values. Because as much as we can malign Facebook, we can also say it's been used to foster a litany of public debate and grassroots organization.
The problem is that some people are incapable of public debate without personally attacking, threatening, and dehumanizing others. Such speech is unacceptable and does infringe on the rights of other people or businesses. There's not really a middle ground here as a corporation. That type of speech costs them money and they will take whatever steps necessary to deal with it as is their right under the law.
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