# How Can Conservatives Fight Back Against Big Tech?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-can-conservatives-fight-back-against-big-tech-for-a-start-just-be-sane-again/
- Published: 2021-01-30T09:15:06-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image by Wynn Pointaux from Pixabay. Article by Corbin Barthold. Techdirt – January 27, 2021. Right wingers are demanding that their political leaders do something, anything. There must be a response to Twitter’s ban on Donald Trump, and to Amazon Web Services’ shutdown of Parler. Republicans, once so ardent for free markets, want the government to teach private tech companies a lesson they won’t soon forget. Nationalize them. Prosecute them. Whatever. […] Freezing a competitor out of a market for economic reasons can, indeed, be an antitrust violation. That is not at all the same as refusing to deal with a company because of the abhorrent opinions it holds, spreads, or condones. After the storming of the Capitol on January 6, a prominent QAnon account proclaimed that a death cult secretly runs the planet, that this cult stole the election, and that President Trump had ensnared the cult in a sting operation. […] Click here to view original web page at www.techdirt.com Related articles: The US Capitol riot was not the language of the unheard – Business Insider ‘Crazy and evil’: Bill Gates surprised by pandemic conspiracies – Reuters President Biden taking office won’t stop QAnon: Here’s what you should know – CNET Why People Believe in Conspiracy Theories – Slate