>This was fine with iOS & play store & AWS until they all simultaneously and independently (wink wink) realized it violated their terms of use.
The timing seems more likely due to a major public event than a backroom coordination.
The timing seems more likely due to a major public event than a backroom coordination.
But the platforms aren’t being honest about this – they’re claiming that it was about terms of use violations. I’m saying “stop pretending like this argument from the platform makes any sense and let’s have a real discussion about the ramifications of banning groups from a platform when they become political unpopular.”
And the real world violence significantly raised the stakes - both legal and practical.