Dissenter is a browser add-on that simply allows people to post whatever comments they like on any web page.
Note that the add-on does absolutely nothing to the web page itself, or the server hosting it, or anything. It's simply a completely separate and independent app where people can write comments, and other people who are browsing the same URL can see them. So it's essentially "the comment section of the internet". It works separately from anything else, and does nothing to anybody else's web pages.
Of course there's one big "problem" with it: It has no censorship. Anybody is free to comment whatever they want about any web page, without limitation.
It was available at the add-on page of both Firefox and Google Chrome. It became quite popular, with an estimated one million users.
To basically nobody's surprise, both Mozilla and Google banned the app from their add-on store. Pretty much at the same time.
What reason did they give to ban it? What rules did the add-on breach?
None. They have given no reason whatsoever. They both have simply completely silently banned the app, giving absolutely no reason. Once again to nobody's surprise.
Of course we know the reason. They are just too afraid to state it. The app defies the control and power of the Silicon Valley giant tech corporations. It bypasses their control and censorship. They cannot have that.
If asked, they'll surely mumble something about "hate speech" and "far right extremists", yet they'll happily ignore that such speech is much more prevalent on Twitter than it is on Dissenter, yet they have zero problems with having a Twitter add-on on their platforms. That's because Twitter is yet another one of the giant Silicon Valley tech megacorporations.
The censorship by the Silicon Valley tech corporations is only going to get worse and worse. The United States government really needs to step in and put them in their place. They are being too slow to react to this.
Note that the add-on does absolutely nothing to the web page itself, or the server hosting it, or anything. It's simply a completely separate and independent app where people can write comments, and other people who are browsing the same URL can see them. So it's essentially "the comment section of the internet". It works separately from anything else, and does nothing to anybody else's web pages.
Of course there's one big "problem" with it: It has no censorship. Anybody is free to comment whatever they want about any web page, without limitation.
It was available at the add-on page of both Firefox and Google Chrome. It became quite popular, with an estimated one million users.
To basically nobody's surprise, both Mozilla and Google banned the app from their add-on store. Pretty much at the same time.
What reason did they give to ban it? What rules did the add-on breach?
None. They have given no reason whatsoever. They both have simply completely silently banned the app, giving absolutely no reason. Once again to nobody's surprise.
Of course we know the reason. They are just too afraid to state it. The app defies the control and power of the Silicon Valley giant tech corporations. It bypasses their control and censorship. They cannot have that.
If asked, they'll surely mumble something about "hate speech" and "far right extremists", yet they'll happily ignore that such speech is much more prevalent on Twitter than it is on Dissenter, yet they have zero problems with having a Twitter add-on on their platforms. That's because Twitter is yet another one of the giant Silicon Valley tech megacorporations.
The censorship by the Silicon Valley tech corporations is only going to get worse and worse. The United States government really needs to step in and put them in their place. They are being too slow to react to this.
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