(1) I believe each company independently made their decisions in the aftermath of January 6. I'll continue to believe this until there is evidence they communicated to each other on the matter (this is an issue in the anti-trust claim).
Google, Twitter and Facebook have admitted under oath they communicate with each other on "security issues" and some of the members called out the programs used for it. Removing the competition from Google and Apple store and then the server services with Amazon who controls about 50% of the hosting requires strong inquiry and potentially antitrust.
Regarding #2 let’s analyze the facts.
Is twitter the enemy or are twitters users the enemy?
Suggesting Parler hasn't banned people is as laughable as Trump's minions trying to float that it was Antifa rioting in the Capitol.
Also, don't conflate a Constitutionally protected Right to free speech from reprisal from the government with being able to threaten violence on a private platform. There is no guarantee of "fee speech" for the latter.
Twitters competition is Parler. If they communicate with Google, that enters the Google store removing them. Two companies, Apple and Amazon, who were not called for the hearing may be communicating with them too. Three of the five admitted to colluding with each other. It smells bad and should be looked into through antitrust. If twitter got the same treatment during the blm riots, would you have the same take?
I said I oppose Parler being shut down. Everything else that has happened is consistent with a free marketplace. I'm no tech expert, but I believe if Parler had had a few weeks warning about Apple/Google/AWS decisions, it could have made alternative arrangements and kept running.
Colluding? It's a computer network. Of course there have been agreements made between the major players to keep things running.
It seems like the Right is against a private business doing what it wants to do. Taking a page from the Right with their constantly and never ending whatabouts, I don't remember them going to bat for Louis Farrakhan when he was banned from Facebook. It hard to keep up with the Right when it comes to what they stand for because it changes according to the situation. Their Supreme Lord and Emperor Donald Trump has been known to take both sides of a topic and proclaim he is right either way.
