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Originally Posted by Ashasx
However, it is a little concerning that all these major platforms colluded together to silence him for no specific recent offence (unless I have missed something).
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Just for clarification, this is not what happened. To pull a Trump: “No collusion!”
Facebook and YouTube have been removing selected episodes/posts and handing out essentially our version of the “infraction” for months, but have avoided removing him altogether.
Apple simply acted, which caused a ripple effect that the others acted within. When Apple does something, it suddenly becomes a lot safer for others to follow suit, and that’s what happened with platforms that have struggled with what is and isn’t over the line.
Jones’ offences have been frequent (recently history included), and he is in the midst of a very high profile lawsuit right now which has probably played a big role in this happening now.
Categorising this as a bunch of businesses colluding to limit free speech is certainly how it’s going to be pitched by the alt-right conspiracy theorists that Jones has emboldened, but there’s no evidence that even suggests that was true (especially if you believe that high profile tech companies constantly watch each other for cues in navigating the industry, which is true).