Quite what the problem Alexandria Ocasio Cortez has with Facebook should be obvious She’s very good indeed at using Twitter to appeal to the masses over and around the mainstream media. Other people are equally good at doing so using Facebook.
The problem AOC has with Facebook is that she doesn’t agree with those who use Facebook. Therefore Facebook shouldn’t exist in its current form.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested that democracy in the US “has a Facebook problem” after the company pulled ads last night that called for tech giants, including Facebook, to be broken up. The ads, which were later restored, were placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) presidential campaign over the weekend. A growing chorus of lawmakers is calling for regulators and representatives to rethink how they enforce the country’s antitrust laws, especially on big tech companies like Facebook and Google, which were formerly the golden children of the US economy. [/perfectpullquote]This announcement was, of course, made upon Twitter.
You know, that Twitter that the one company, Twitter, has a monopoly on. But AOC’s good at using that so that’s OK.
You think I jest? Am biased? How much of this do you think we’d be seeing if Hillary had used Facebook better than the Bad Orange Man and thus become President?
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How *DARE* people be allowed to communicate! They must only be allowed to communicate information that we approve of.
Back in the '70s most (or at least very many) senior tech execs were Republicans, albeit of a libertarian bent. Certainly many are Democrats today, but still of a Libertarian bent. How might that change tech's political support and contributions once they tire of Democratic hostility?