Yeah, they’re cowards - a bit - but let’s be honest they’re in the business of making money, not political activism (besides boilerplate corporate facade.)
Had they acted earlier they would have been punished heavily by the Trump clique, and most likely ousted by their own shareholders, to be replaced by executives that would have done precisely what they have done
They got into the business of political activism when they plastered Black Lives Matter on their websites, app stores, and products this summer. Twitter and Facebook did the same when they censored a NY Post story about a politician this fall. Big Tech is very much about political activism.
That’a what I meant with “besides boilerplate corporate facade”.
Listen, civil rights and social justice are something to be discussed and struggled in the public sphere, which is not corporate life.
You US folks have this Corporatism so deeply ingrained that you are going to drag public discourse into an authoritarian organization where everything is ultimately determined by the Board and not by you. The Board will play along, as long as their interests align and it means free advertisement and good will. But you’re still asking “daddy, can I?”
You want to be political? Unions and party activism out of office hours.
Had they acted earlier they would have been punished heavily by the Trump clique, and most likely ousted by their own shareholders, to be replaced by executives that would have done precisely what they have done