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Elon Musk: Big Tech Is Now ‘De Facto Arbiter of Free Speech’

January 12, 2021
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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, indicated on Monday that Big Tech is now the “de facto arbiter of free speech,” referring to their recent move to ban President Donald Trump. “A lot of people are going to be super unhappy with West Coast high tech as the de facto arbiter of free speech,”…

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Russian Dissident Alexei Navalny Rebukes Twitter for Censorship of Trump

January 11, 2021
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny chastised Twitter at length for permanently banning President Donald Trump. Navalny barely survived an alleged poison attack from Russian agents after spending more than a month in the hospital in August last year. He started a Twitter thread by saying that the censorship imposed on the president is an “unacceptable act.”…

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Germany’s Merkel Considers Twitter Ban of Trump ‘Problematic’

January 11, 2021
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that banning President Donald Trump from Twitter is “problematic,” her spokesman said on Jan. 11. Twitter permanently removed Trump’s account last week, saying that his recent posts were “in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.” Trump has since been removed from several other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch, Stripe,…

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Chancellor Merkel: Trump Twitter Ban Is ‘Problematic’

January 11, 2021
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that banning President Donald Trump from Twitter is “problematic,” said her spokesman on Monday. Twitter permanently removed Trump’s account last week on Friday, saying that his recent posts were “in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.” Trump was also removed from several other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch,…

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