100 days without ALL CAPS rants: Why Donald Trump's online silence matters
18 Apr, 2021 03:02 AM
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Donald Trump's Twitter ban raised questions of free speech and censorship in the social media age. Photo / AP
Donald Trump's Twitter ban raised questions of free speech and censorship in the social media age. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Sarah Lyall
That soothing sound that Gary Cavalli hears emanating from Twitter these days? It is the sound of silence — specifically, the silence of former US president Donald Trump.
"My blood pressure has gone down 20
points," said Cavalli, 71, whose obsessive hate-following of Trump ended for good when Twitter permanently barred the former president in January. "Not having to read his latest dishonest tweets has made my life so much happier."