The Washington Post’s editorial board supported censorship amid big tech’s continued efforts to shut down the Parler social media platform.
In the article entitled “Parler deserved to be taken down. We still need new rules for the Internet,” the Post described the app as an “independent and laissez-faire social media site” that potentially gave President Trump another platform after his stay. ban on Twitter and suspensions elsewhere. But right now Parler is no longer an option for the president, since Apple and Google removed the app from their stores and Amazon Web Services basically shut down the entire program.
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“Mr. Trump and his followers say they are victims of anti-conservative discrimination. Their complaints are not convincing,” wrote the editorial board. “It is legitimate for corporate actors to clean up their places of speech with the potential to cause harm, such as the explicit conspiracy that preceded last week’s armed insurrection on Capitol Hill.”
After recognizing that the newspaper belongs to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the Post asked for more “regulation” from the Internet to “ensure security”.
“If we want rules for Web Twitters and Parlers – rules on incitement to violence, for example – they must be defined by our elected representatives, not by unelected CEOs,” explained the Post. “And if we want these rules to be applied fairly, without directing the discourse that is merely unpopular, we must insist that companies create systems of transparency, notification and appeal of their decisions.”
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The editorial board later continued: “Some will say that this puts us on a slippery slope towards unacceptable restrictions on expression. They are right, but the alternative is unchecked violent rhetoric, which we now know very well that can result in violent action. It is time for the public to insist that the government do its job and establish some rules that balance the urgency of freedom of expression with the need for public security. ”
Parler, who describes himself as an impartial platform that defends freedom of expression, saw a huge increase among new users after Twitter announced that President Trump has been permanently banned from his platform, causing supporters of the president to flee the app. friendly to Trump.
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Soon after, however, Parler herself was besieged by liberal critics and other tech giants, as she was accused of allowing extremist rhetoric to flow on the platform after last week’s Capitol riots.
Parler retaliated against Amazon by filing an antitrust lawsuit against the company controlled by Bezos.