In response to Capitol rioting, Musk weighs in on Big Tech censorship – Fox Business

Twitter shares are down sharply following President Trump's suspension last week. FBN's Charlie Gasparino with more.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk weighedin Mondayon Big Tech's recent move to censor President Trump in response to the Capitol riot by pro-Trump supporters last week.

"Alot of people are going to be super unhappy with West Coast high tech as the de facto arbiter of free speech," Musk repliedto a tweet of a satirical article entitled "Evil Fascist Dictator Censored and Voted Out Of Office."

Musk previously railed against Big Tech censorship in June after he called out Amazon for reportedlycensoringthe publication of abookabout thecoronavirus.

Musk said at the time that it was "time to break up Amazon", adding that "monoplies are wrong!"

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Musk's latest commentcomes just days after Musk slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for theviolence that ensuedat the U.S. Capitol.

"This is called the domino effect," Musk wrote alongside a meme that seemingly tied the origins of Zuckerberg's Facebook to the mob that proceeded to storm the Capitol building toprotest the results of the presidential election.

Thetweet camehours after Facebook'sannouncementthat it would indefinitely block Trump's account on the platform and on Instagram.

"We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote."Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on hisFacebookand Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.

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Twitter immediately followed suit,announcingits own permanent banagainst Trump on Friday, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence" as the reason for the decision.

Twitterhas also taken action against other users on its platform after learning about plansfor future armed protests, which began proliferating on and off its website, including a proposed secondary attack on the U.S. Capitol and state capitol buildings on January 17, 2021, it said.

A Twitter spokesperson told FOX Business that someaccounts have already been suspended as of Monday in line with its policy on Coordinated Harmful Activity.

"Weve been clear that we will take strong enforcement action on behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm, and given the renewed potential for violence surrounding this type of behavior in the coming days, we will permanently suspend accounts that are solely dedicated to sharing QAnon content," the spokesperson said.

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In addition, alternativesocial mediaplatform Parler has been shut downby Amazon Web Servicesafter screenshots showed usersopenly discussing plans for violence at the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol, including bringing weapons and imagining how they would wield them against their political opponents.

In response Parler, has filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining orderagainst the company, alleging Amazon'sdecision is "apparently motivated by political animus," is in breach of contract and is a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.Parler did not immediately return FOX Business' requestfor comment.

A spokesperson for AWS told FOX Business there is "no merit" to Parler's claims.

AWSprovides technology and services to customers across the political spectrum, and we respectParlers right to determine for itself what content it will allow," the spokesperson added."However, it is clear that there is significant content onParlerthat encourages and incites violence against others, and thatParleris unable or unwilling to promptly identify and remove this content, which is a violation of our terms of service. We made our concerns known toParlerover a number of weeks and during that time we saw a significant increase in this type of dangerous content, not a decrease, which led to our suspension of their services Sunday evening.

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