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TECH TYRANNY: Apple Threatens to Kick Social Media Company ‘Parler’ Off App Store if They Don’t Ban “Offensive” (Conservative) Content]</ref>, [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Microsoft]]<ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/rep-jordan-microsoft-as-out-to-get-conservatives Rep. Jordan blasts Microsoft as ‘out to get conservatives’ just like other big tech companies]</ref> and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]].  Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref>  According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>  On March 10, 2022 Facebook and Instagram reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>

TECH TYRANNY: Apple Threatens to Kick Social Media Company ‘Parler’ Off App Store if They Don’t Ban “Offensive” (Conservative) Content]</ref>, [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Microsoft]]<ref>[https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/rep-jordan-microsoft-as-out-to-get-conservatives Rep. Jordan blasts Microsoft as ‘out to get conservatives’ just like other big tech companies]</ref> and [[Amazon.com|Amazon]].  Big Tech is playing a large role in the decline of [[patriotism]] as a value held by Americans.<ref>Wright, Morgan (November 28, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/418617-high-techs-globalism-is-slowly-killing-patriotism High tech’s globalism is slowly killing patriotism]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref>  According to Dr. Michael Rectenwald, the end goal of Big Tech companies is corporate [[socialism]].<ref>Svab, Petr (October 15, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-endgame-of-big-tech-is-corporate-socialism-says-liberal-studies-scholar_3116949.html The Endgame of Big Tech Is Corporate Socialism, Says Liberal Studies Scholar]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2019.</ref>  On March 10, 2022 Facebook and Instagram reversed longstanding policies and approved open support for [[Nazism]] on their platforms.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/03/10/facebook-and-instagram-say-it-is-okay-to-support-nazism-in-ukraine-and-they-modify-terms-allowing-advocacy-for-death-to-russians/</ref>

The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became liberal.

The Big Tech companies used to be conservative (like back in the 80’s), but over the years became progressive and are supportive of organizations such as the Chamber of Progress.<ref>[https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/2056372841184891144 "Chamber of Progress", a Big Tech lobbyist trade group, is encouraging Age Attestation into law], Bryan Lunduke</ref><ref>[https://progresschamber.org/partners/ Chamber of Progress], partners</ref>

In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>

In a ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed entitled ''Tech Companies Are Destroying Democracy and the Free Press'', the left-wing expert on monopoly power Matt Stoller described [[Facebook]] and [[Google]] as “global monopolies sitting astride public discourse,” and recounted how bipartisan policy and legal changes designed to whittle away antitrust protections have bestowed the two [[Big Tech]] giants with “a radical centralization of power over the flow of information.” And he warns that this unprecedented consolidation of control over our discourse is close to triggering “the collapse of [[journalism]] and [[democracy]].”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/opinion/tech-monopoly-democracy-journalism.html</ref>

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus.  According to ''[[Reuters]]'', “The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the [[Proud Boys]], the Three Percenters and [[neo-Nazi]]s.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref>

Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus.  According to ''[[Reuters]]'', “The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the [[Proud Boys]], the Three Percenters and [[neo-Nazi]]s.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/technology/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-manifestos-militias-database-2021-07-26/</ref>

Who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves.  This provides a gateway, another plausible deniability aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight.  When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct [[surveillance]] and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections.  They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database.

Who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves.  This provides a gateway, another [[plausible deniability]] aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight.  When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct [[surveillance]] and monitor American citizens, they run up against the problem of [[Fourth Amendment]] protections.  They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database.

The government cannot conduct electronic searches without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access.  Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit.

The government cannot conduct electronic searches without a [[warrant]]; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access.  Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit.