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The DC Court of Appeals has agreed to hear the merits of a lawsuit brought against Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter by conservative commentator Laura Loomer, who accused the big tech giants of conspiring to silence her political views. Loomer has been banned from several major internet platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Medium, and PayPal.
The case has sparked conflict between two American traditions, media commentator Gina Loudon noted.
There's a confusion I think, because Americans love free speech and we love private property.She said that platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have become so widely-used that they're "almost like public utilities," noting that big tech companies essentially have a "monopoly on communication."
Google, Facebook, and Twitter continue to insist that user bans are never motivated by politics. A spokesperson for Facebook told RT that the company has "always" banned individuals or organizations that "promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology."
The tech giant did not comment on Loomer's lawsuit.
Loudon, however, disputed the claim that popular platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are politically neutral. "You can only come to one conclusion when it seems to only happen against conservatives," she said.
Speech is being silenced, there is no doubt. I see it happen to my progressive friends when they don't toe the line. Someone reports them and gets shadow-banned. My father keeps getting shadow-banned for espousing the same views he's had all his life, and he's the reason I'm a compassionate social progressive. Well, I look more moderate and right of center compared to the radical left, but you get my meaning. Libertarians are evil who play both sides against one another. Republicans are white nationalists. Liberals are centrists, and communists are "progressive democrats." It's nuts. I used to be the farthest left in a room, and now the goalposts keep moving and the punishment is removal of speech rights and possible loss of ability to make a living.
I blame radical 3rd wave feminists, soros, adelson, and all the billionaires funding the color revolutions.