To quickly recap,
Pinterest had a covert policy of censoring conservatives. The policy was exposed by Live Action, a pro-life group that was a target of Pinterest censorship, and by Project Veritas.
Since then, YouTube (Google) and Twitter have shut down Veritas efforts to broadcast material about the investigation.
Breaking News: Twitter has decided that investigative journalism is in violation of their terms of service – @Project_Veritas has been temporarily suspended from posting for tweeting internal communications from @Pinterest which show them calling @benshapiro a “white supremacist” pic.twitter.com/eJNDWEfanf
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) June 12, 2019
Unbelievable. @Youtube is now deleting content it doesn’t want people to see. Sounds pretty Orwellian to us. https://t.co/dPw1HlRpGl
— PragerU (@prageru) June 13, 2019
WOW — @Pinterest silences pro-life content, bans @LiveAction, and suppresses Christian terms. New video from @ProjectVeritas #lifecensored pic.twitter.com/JxofT0auIn
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 13, 2019
Beyond the specific censorship here, there is the spectacle of two dot coms protecting a third, by censoring an investigation of its misconduct, this looks a whole lot like cartel behavior. And as investigations of illegal behavior by the big dot coms move forward, this should be an element in the case.
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