[akersten]

There is a serious and concerted effort to disparage the large tech companies lately on this platform and others. It isn't about anti-trust, or any benefit to the consumer either, although it may be dressed up that way. It's about forcing private companies to be platforms for radical views, and to self-censor and be disallowed from having their own political opinions and operating policies.

The government should be hands-off here. Look only to the fact that they're not investigating Microsoft, Walmart, or the ISPs, to realize that this is targeted political harassment.

[prepend]

How is this related to forcing private companies to be platforms for radical views?

Should the private gas company be forced to be platforms for radical views?

[mulmen]

The accusation is that only private companies with platforms for speech are being targeted.

[akvadrako]

How is that an accusation? That's the whole point.

[mr_toad]

A prominent Republican once said: ‘if you’re not with us, you’re against us’. I get the impression that this is still their policy.

[CapricornNoble]

I see FAR more of that from Democrats than from Republicans these days. Far leftists call Tim Pool and Joe Rogan (both left-leaning centrists with some socialist views) supporters of the "alt right".

[UncleMeat]

Rogan's personal opinions aren't what aggravate people. It is the people he chooses to have on his show that people complain about.

[CapricornNoble]

Can you provide some particularly egregious examples?

From what I've seen his guests seem to run the entire spectrum: martial artists, military veterans, comedians, physicists, journalists, etc. Sure he's had crackpot Alex Jones on, but he's also had Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, and Gary Johnson.

[sjg007]

They aren't targeting all of the right wing websites or fox news either.