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As Twitter permanently suspends Donald Trump, how do Aussie social media startups balance responsibility and censorship? Stephanie Palmer-Derrien Donald Trump has finally been permanently banned from his favourite social media soapbox, Twitter. And, while “risk of further incitement of violence” seems like a perfectly reasonable reason to be booted out of any environment — online or otherwise — the decision has led to calls of censorship against the outgoing US President, and outrage from his followers. This isn’t a violation of free speech. The US First Amendment pr...

If you can’t wrap your head around why Twitter’s ban on President Donald Trump isn't an abridgement of the president’s First Amendment right to free speech, try looking at the matter this way: Twitter is a bar and Trump is a blowhard barfly fixing for a brawl. After Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump at least until Inauguration Day, Twitter, the president’s preferred means of communication to the masses, permanently shuttered his account, severing his bullhorn to his 89 million followers. Twitch and Snapchat also disabled the president’s account. The moves by the...

It feels good to laugh again. By Chelsea SteinerJan 9th, 2021, 1:57 pm The world rejoiced yesterday when social media giants Facebook and Twitter finally banned Donald Trump’s accounts. The de-platforming of our Demagogue-in-Chief was long overdue, considering he has been fomenting rage, deceit, and hate speech for several years, which finally culminated in Wednesday’s seditious attack on the Capitol building by domestic terrorists. Is Trump’s de-platforming too little, too late? Absolutely. But is it still deeply satisfying to see his favorite megaphone snatched from his tiny orange ...