This isn’t about left or right. I would scream about this no matter who is working to keep our voices silent. I despised the efforts years ago to censor music. I was against the censorship of a certain comedian who I found to be foul and obnoxious, as it made him more bitter towards God. I’ve supported some extreme levels of freedom of speech on all sides. What follows are some of the reference links that while you may agree with the target, when that target is suppressed, it opens you up next.
ACLU senior legislative counsel Kate Ruane said in a statement:
For months, President Trump has been using social media platforms to seed doubt about the results of the election and to undermine the will of voters. We understand the desire to permanently suspend him now, but it should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions — especially when political realities make those decisions easier.
President Trump can turn to his press team or Fox News to communicate with the public, but others — like the many Black, Brown, and LGBTQ activists who have been censored by social media companies — will not have that luxury. It is our hope that these companies will apply their rules transparently to everyone.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/533410-reddit-bans-r-donaldtrump-forum
https://www.theblaze.com/news/facebook-deletes-anti-democrat-walkaway-page
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/elon-musk-facebook-signal/
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-trump-twitter-ban-shows-too-dangerous-president-1560803
https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/12/salesforce_rnc_stance/
https://www.theblaze.com/news/top-conservatives-leave-twitter-trump-ban
https://www.theblaze.com/news/twitter-we-strongly-condemn-internet-shutdowns
