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Why the Department of Justice Wants to Take Down Apple
On May 5, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a mob-like warning to social-media companies and information distributors generally. They need to get with the program and start censoring critics of COVID policy. They need to amplify government propaganda. After all, it would be a shame if something would happen to these companies.
These were her exact words:
“The president’s view is that the major platforms have a responsibility related to the health and safety of all Americans to stop amplifying untrustworthy content, disinformation and misinformation, especially related to Covid-19 vaccinations and elections. And we’ve seen that over the past several months. Broadly speaking, I’m not placing any blame on any individual or group. We’ve seen it from a number of sources. He also supports better privacy protections and a robust antitrust program. So, his view is that there’s more that needs to be done to ensure that this type of misinformation, disinformation, damaging, sometimes life threatening information is not going out to the American public.”
On the face of it, the antitrust action against Apple is about their secure communications network. The Justice Department wants the company to share their services with other networks. As with so many other antitrust actions in history, this is really about the government’s taking sides in competitive disputes between companies, in this case Samsung and other smartphone providers. They resent the way Apple products all work together. They want that changed. — The Brownstone Institute
Our Take: “It’s funny to read this story about the Biden DOJ bullying Apple after recent SCOTUS arguments in Murthy v. Missouri reframe government coercion as ‘encouragement.’
In Apple’s case, the government is demonizing competition and trampling on intellectual property rights in the name of Antitrust.
‘The Justice Department wants the company to share their services with other networks… They resent the way Apple products all work together. They want that changed.’
That assessment feels right. Centralized control of information is critical to control of the collective mind — and the regime is failing in that.
The shadow bureaucracy effectively ran the social media platforms in the run up to 2020, and they’ve been out of the shadows since scrotus took office. Here it appears they’re seeking that level of control — the capabilities they have/had with Facebook or old Twitter — over the device hardware and networking infrastructure.
Danger ahead.” — Ashe in America
Speaking of Apples…
On this date in 1976, Apple Computer was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne. Wayne designed the famous Apple logo, but Jobs bought him out 12 days later for a mere $800. (See Photos)
All I can say is Apple has some great products, they have excellent support, and they keep raising the bar. Others play catch up to them. Great stores too.