# Platforms that can censor a sitting president prove the danger; society must take power back

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-06-27
- **Theme:** Other — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/
- **Source:** Enter Decentralized Cloud & Unstoppable Web with Akash Network & Deeper - DeFi Conference Day 1 (Dcentral Con)
- **Watch at:** 00:07:49 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6Zu5_AVKA&t=469s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/other/2021-06-27-platforms-that-can-censor-a-sitting-president-prov-h4sd/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Platforms that can censor a sitting president prove the danger; society must take power back," Enter Decentralized Cloud & Unstoppable Web with Akash Network & Deeper - DeFi Conference Day 1 (Dcentral Con), 27 Jun 2021, 00:07:49. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6Zu5_AVKA&t=469s

## Quote — verbatim

> If you tell me nothing bad happens, I'll tell you you're full of \[it\]. Something bad will happen — and when a centralized platform can censor a sitting US president, that tells you the amount of power these platforms have... We are seeing quite a bit of weaponizing of this deplatforming by state actors looking to hurt companies or organizations that have disagreement with these states... We as a society owe it to take back the power to ourselves.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His censorship-resistance argument, referencing Trump's 2021 deplatforming as proof of concentrated platform power.