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Twitter CEO defends President Trump's ban, warns of dangerous precedent Share Updated: 3:35 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 By DAVID HAMILTON, AP Technology Editor Twitter CEO defends President Trump's ban, warns of dangerous precedent Share Updated: 3:35 PM CST Jan 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript we had an election that was stolen from us. Some of the biggest peddlers of the conspiracy theory that Trump didn't lose the election, including the president himself, have been purged from major social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Since last week's insu...

The power of these companies to control public discourse is a clear and present danger to everyone who values free speech.

While Twitter moved to suppress the communications of the President of the United States, for supposed safety reasons, Islamic terrorist accounts still proliferate on the platform. Fatah is able to use Twitter to send tweets promoting attacks on Israel like this one featuring rock throwers. Another Fatah tweet explictly praises a terrorist as a "martyr".  "The occupation handed over the body of the martyr, Dr. Maher Zaatarah, 35, last night, 10 months after he was detained, for allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack at the Lions Gate in Jerusalem," the tweet states. ...

Twitter has banned President Trump from its platform permanently, following an initial ban of 12 hours.

Executive Summary Over the past year, governments have made unprecedented demands for online platforms to police speech, and many companies are rushing to comply. But in their response to calls to remove objectionable content, social media companies and platforms have all too often censored valuable speech. While it is reasonable for companies to moderate some content, no one wins when companies and governments can censor online speech without transparency, notice, or due process. This year’s Who Has Your Back report examines major tech companies’ content moderation policies in the midst ...