Yeah, the advent of the internet has put an inordinate amount of political power in the hands of a few unelected/unaccountable billionaires. And they abuse that power to the maximum extent possible. Their suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story should have been the last straw.
Yes and no. I think if Twitter got nuked from orbit one of the various new Twitter like platforms would rise to prominence and Trump would simply move there. If not Trump comes from a time before social media, he knows how to get around without it and the media has always been biased but he plays them like a fiddle most times.
Yeah, the advent of the internet has put an inordinate amount of political power in the hands of a few unelected/unaccountable billionaires. And they abuse that power to the maximum extent possible. Their suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story should have been the last straw.
Absolutely. Should have closed Twitter down then.
They deserve to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law for election interference.
Without Twitter Trump would have no voice.
Yes and no. I think if Twitter got nuked from orbit one of the various new Twitter like platforms would rise to prominence and Trump would simply move there. If not Trump comes from a time before social media, he knows how to get around without it and the media has always been biased but he plays them like a fiddle most times.
Without social media, he wouldn't be president.
It's not the network effect that gives them a stronghold. It's the money effect. People put up stuff where they can earn money for it.
And in the end you would have to echo chambers. Twitter for left leaning people and Parler for right leaning people. Society would split even more.