Glenn Greenwald: Zero people arrested in connection with the Capitol invasion were active users of Parler…
Tech monopolies — FB, Google, Apple, Amazon — have more concentrated wealth & power than any in history. They have used brute force 3 times in 3 months to manipulate US politics: censoring NY Post, banning Trump, destroying Parler.
And liberals are overwhelmingly supportive.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
That these Silicon Valley monopolies are grave menaces to political freedom & economic well-being is *not* a right-wing view.
The most comprehensive report warning of these dangers was issued 3 months ago by a Democratic House Sub-Committee. Read this:https://t.co/28O8cutqKs
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
Do you know how many of the people arrested in connection with the Capitol invasion were active users of Parler?
Zero.
The planning was largely done on Facebook. This is all a bullshit pretext for silencing competitors on ideological grounds: just the start.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
Silicon Valley defenders: If you don't like Big Tech's censorship, just start your own social media platform with rules you want.
Parler: OK, we did. We're the country's most popular app!
Amazon/Apple/Google: We're uniting to take you off the internet with our monopoly power. pic.twitter.com/LCaQIvovF0
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
Amazon — which already has a $600 million contract to provide services to the CIA, and is desperately bidding to make that far more — is deeply opposed to violence and fascism.
Jeff Bezos will use his monopoly power to make the world better: https://t.co/eDSzrGqHBF.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 11, 2021
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