Big Tech companies in the area of communications and social media play an ever increasing role in our lives. They have the ability to store, analyze or sell almost every bit of digital communication metadata and while making huge profits with advertising or information routing based on users and customer behavior or political affiliation.
Twitter CEO under Scrutiny
Dorsey was called to testify regarding Twitter’s pathetic attempts to head off the abuse of its platform by continued assaults and abuse from various international sources as it relates to U.S. news and politics, which is a fine issue for Congress to deal with but not from my perspective a very important one. In the course of his hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, two Representatives raised the issue of a specific violent posting regarding my wife, which had already attracted national attention.
Their questions amounted to: why wasn’t this obvious violation of your stated rules removed faster? Why did it require publicity to get attention from your offices? What do you intend to do to prevent this in the future?
Dorsey’s answers equivocated on each point. He lied, blatantly, about the details of the matter – particularly how long the image was up (I have the screencaps to prove that). But there was one particular exchange – published in USA Today and elsewhere – which still sticks in my mind today.
“That was unacceptable,” Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. “We did take way too many hours to act.”
“Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, asked Dorsey if he’s apologized to the McCain family.
“I haven’t personally, but I will,” he said. He said that under oath.
Jack Dorsey has never contacted my wife or me to apologize.
Why is this an issue today? Because so much of our relationship wi
8chan Owner “Voluntarily” has to Deplatform Free Speech Enterprise
The platform was de-platformed “voluntarily” after pressures and complaint of some media outlets that try to portray every platform user as a far right. All posts removed even after complying with 59 law enforcement requests because of about 3 bad comments. Congress didn’t depltatform Big Tech for violent or offending posts. This might indicate that the drive to depltaform or demonetize small platforms might be a collusion of Congress and big tech.
Big Tech companies can sell or exchange this information voluntarily or involuntarily with governments or tech tyrants. In this way they have an advantage over small competitors and a leverage on politics or social agenda. While doing so and leveraging this information, they may takeover potential competitors or be involved in antitrust activities.
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