The decision to ban the President has demonstrated the unaccountable power of the big social media companies.
As Donald Trump’s indefinite ban took effect on Facebook, Twitter and other sites last week, the decision to deplatform the democratically elected President has exposed the contradictions at the heart of social media. AP
San Francisco | The decision to bar the US President from the most powerful communication platforms of the age has all the ingredients of a singularly American brawl.
There is Donald Trump’s exploitation of a powerful strand of nativist populism to try to stay in power and the highly partisan right-wing media that have helped fan the election-rigging conspiracy theory that led to last week’s insurrection in the Capitol.
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