Donald Trump, Twitter and the messy fight over free speech
16 Jan, 2021 07:34 PM
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The suspension of Donald Trump s account has sparked a fierce debate about freedom of expression. Photo / Getty Images
The suspension of Donald Trump s account has sparked a fierce debate about freedom of expression. Photo / Getty Images
Financial Times
By: Richard Waters and Hannah Murphy
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 rightwing media that have helped fan the election-rigging conspiracy theory that led to last week s insurrection in the Capitol.
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