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They have been deplatforming people on the other side for ages. Its nothing new. That's why all this whinging about Trump losing his account leaves me a bit meh. He tried to start an uprising that could be seen as a direct threat to their business model - ie a destabilised US would lower Twitter's profits. They didn't deplatform him thru all the same bullshit he said for 5 years. Even before the 2016 election he was saying "If we lose its rigged."
The left is disadvantaged by social media apparently. Here's a sociologist with some proof:
Opinion | Trump says Twitter favors the left. He’s wrong — it actually benefits the right.
Social media increases power disparities due to social class and organizational resources. That helps conservatives.www.nbcnews.com
I’m meh about Trump as well...except I enjoyed the shitstorms he’d start. The people that get sucked into a keyboard war by him I find hilarious.
It’s the enormous power these tech companies have that concern me.