About this episode
Most of us have had it up to here with social media. At first, you had to say something really bad to get disciplined by one of the platforms. Usually a death threat, showing very racy pictures or recruiting Nazi’s to takeover the government would be enough to get your account suspended. As we now know, it’s different today. Anything from being accused of spreading “misinformation” to being a meany to a person Twitter or Facebook or YouTube have a liking to, is enough to get you kicked off the site. At first, most American’s who were targeted by Big Tech screamed and protested that their civil rights were being taken away. They were being censored. That their free speech was under attack and the folks that did it need to be brought to justice. But they had a great escape valve from being regulated by the government. Big Tech is protected by a Congressional regulation called Section 230. Here’s a description about what the law does…from a high tech journal that ran two years ago.“The law protects websites from being liable if one of their users posts something illegal or controversial, so you can’t sue Twitter for a tweet someone posted, for example. Because it allows free expression without repercussion, these social platforms love Section 230, because they know they can’t be punished for any inappropriate comment. However, these sites still regulate content such as hate speech, violent threats, terrorism, harassment, and more since they are private companies.”Look at the companies now. They’ve added a few new rules in the last few years. Under the guise of protecting the user, they widely cite “disinformation” to suspend or kick off users. Or just call someone a name and you are on thin ice. I called someone a “libtard” on Twitter and I got spanked, 12 hour suspension. And when it comes to what speech they do censor, they claim to use disinterested or non-partisan fact checkers to gauge the veracity of certain claims made by a user. As we know, they are not disinterested in promoting the left’s agenda and they are most assuredly, not non-partisan. The voter registration of the key players in these companies is almost exclusively Democrat. Tech employees gave Joe Biden 12 times more campaign cash than Donald Trump. Twitter polled its employees and 98% are registered Democrat. So, what can you expect. Thanks for reading I've Had It! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.It’s time to move on. Quit complaining and do something about it. Boycotts and cancel campaigns don’t often work well. They are fleeting primarily due to the fact that the boycotters probably, at some time, need the product or service
