January 12, 2021 (LifeSiteNews.com) Left-wing group, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has raised concerns about Twitter and Facebook’s power of censorship after the tech giants banned the President of the United States from their platforms recently.
The Twitter blog announcing Trump’s ban stated: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
ACLU is not worried about Trump or even about ordinary conservative voices being silenced. In fact, their national board of directors is calling for the impeachment of President Trump. However, the organization is worried about what it describes as Twitter’s “unchecked power.”
In response to Twitter’s censorship, Kate Ruane, ACLU senior legislative counsel said on Friday in a statement: “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.”
ACLU is not the lone voice objecting to the abuse of power by tech giants.
World leaders, including both opponents and supporters of Trump,
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