As has been said elsewhere, this is not about disagreeing with someone’s political views. This is about not amplifying a voice that incites a mob to attack congress and overturn an election.
And they aren’t even banning people for solely the latter! Representatives who continue to support the president have had no issues.
But when mainstream media published lies to support the Iraq War nobody was banned because to served the interests of the government. Or when Facebook was used as a platform for inciting etjinc violence in Burma. No, this is all about selective enforcement against people we do not like.
For the record I hate Trump and am a European Social Democrat.
Mainstream media didn't lie about the Iraq war, they were lied to about it.
Facebook is a US company with a lot more eyes on US activity than in Burma. They're going to see, understand, and react to events in the US much more easily than anywhere else in the world.
That isn't me condoning Facebook's activity here: they need to do a better job elsewhere in the world. What I'm saying is that their failure may be just that: a failure, not selective enforcement.
Did Twitter and FB's newsfeed exist when the NY Times was spreading their misinformation? (For context - were they promoting what they were told by the gov't, or were they caught lying on their own?)
If political views or personal bias were the deciding factor, Bezos wouldn't have let the National Enquirer continue using AWS after it tried to blackmail him with genital selfies.
The issue here is that the platforms were used in service of activity that was arguably illegal. These platforms' failure to enforce their rules consistently doesn't mean they shouldn't have enforced them in this case, it means they should have been doing a better job all along. If you want to pass laws regarding platforms like this and free speech, it should be regulations that encourage more consistency, not less moderation of content.
Here, I fixed it for you:
Violate them, and if you are not someone whose political views we support, you can take your business elsewhere.