Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
I’ve said it before: I find this highly disturbing. Especially the sense in which it is coordinated. Amazon, Google and Apple acting together to shut down a platform that has been very clear about its stance on content moderation from the outset.<p>Free speech is not just any value.  Sooner or later you will find yourself on the side of an issue where your speech will be attacked.<p>Then there is the always present double standard. Why did Twitter allow “Hang Mike Pence” to trend last night? Where are the suspensions and permanent bans?<p>Again, sooner or later we will all find ourselves on the other side of the double standard.