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Now that Trump has allowed documents pertaining to the Russian Collusion false claims released will the Durham Report ever see the light of day and what of the Hunter Biden Investigation?
And:
Now Biden's brand of corruption begins:
Breaking: Biden Labor Secretary Pick Funneled $1.2 Million Into Girlfriend’s Consulting Firm
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European leaders not pleased with American Technology Companies stripping Trump of his ability to communicate:
World Leaders Are Just as Outraged at Censorship of Trump
As you well know, we’ve seen a lot about online censorship in
recent months and weeks, particularly when it comes to politics and President
Donald Trump. It has seemed that with nearly every new Facebook or Twitter post
put out by the man, a message or flag has been added to it, supposedly to
continue to call into question the reality of Trump’s position and his ideas.
Of course, that all came to a head last week when Twitter
effectively banned or suspended Trump for his account, claiming that since
Trump incites hate and violence anyway, the only way to cool the situation of
the recent capitol incursion and the upcoming inauguration would be to
eliminate Trump’s voice.
However, this is all a matter of opinion – and one that is being
felt worldwide.
Obviously, as Americans, we have a vested interest in what
should be a national discussion on censorship. After all, our government and
who is leading it, as well as how it’s being conducted, is supposed to be up to
us.
However, we aren’t the only ones taking notice or concern.
In fact, President Trump’s recent censorship has become a world
issue and one that has national leaders everywhere calling for more regulation
of social media platforms and their power.
Take Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, for
example. After Twitter banned Trump, he was incensed about the ordeal and did
not hesitate to criticize Silicon Valley’s recent decision in a statement
heavily.
According to the Washington Examiner, Obrador said, “How
can you censor someone? Let’s see, I, as judge of the Holy Inquisition, will
punish you because I think what you’re saying is harmful? Where is the law,
where is the regulation, what are the norms? This is an issue of government.
This is not an issue for private companies.”
Obrador’s spokesman, Jesus Ramirez, added his own statement,
saying, “Facebook’s decision to silence the current leader of the United States
calls for a debate on freedom of expression, the free exchange of information
on the web and democracy and the role of the companies that administer (social)
networks.”
Now, to be clear, Trump is not the most well-liked American
leader in Mexico. In fact, since before he was even elected, the Mexican
government has been at odds with him at times. But this just goes to show that
the idea of censorship has nothing to do with whether you agree with someone or
not.
As Ramirez so wisely said, it is an issue about our freedoms.
And German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees. Her spokesman
Steffen Seibert told Reuters, “The right to freedom on opinion is of
fundamental importance. Given that, the chancellor considers it problematic
that the president’s accounts have been permanently suspended.”
Even Norway’s liberal Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store has a
problem with the censorship, and to put it mildly, he is no fan of Trump.
He told NRK, “I understand that Trump’s statements are
problematic, dangerous and encourage hate, but there is a very high threshold
to block people out, so I am skeptical of that. This is a line where freedom of
expression is also at stake. If Twitter starts with this sort of thing, it
means that they have to go around the world and look at other people completely
astray, and shut them out.”
And he has a point. If you are going to censor, you have to do
it on a worldwide and unilateral scale or else not at all.
French Junior Minister for European Union Affairs Clement Beaune
is also at odds with the decision. He told Bloomberg, “This should be decided by citizens,
not by a CEO… There needs to be public regulation of big online platforms.” And
he wisely referred to social media as “the digital oligarchy” that is “one of
the threats” to democracy.
Head of the European People’s Party in the European Union’s
European Parliament Manfred Weber said something similar in a Twitter post.
WE CANNOT LEAVE IT TO AMERICAN
BIG TECH TO DECIDE HOW WE CAN OR CANNOT DISCUSS ONLINE. TODAYS MECHANISMS DESTROY
THE COMPROMISE SEARCHING AND CONSENSUS BUILDING THAT ARE CRUCIAL IN FREE AND
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES. WE NEED A STRICTER REGULATORY APPROACH. — MANFRED WEBER
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Michael McCormack might have
said it best when he told SBS News, “I’m not in favour of censorship – I
think if people don’t like what they see on Twitter – well, don’t go onto that
social media platform.”
Essentially, worldwide the consensus is that just because you
don’t like something someone says or posts doesn’t mean they don’t have the
right to express it. And it certainly doesn’t mean you have the right to take
away their freedoms.
If this indicates anything, it’s that Twitter, Facebook, and
others might soon have their hands full of regulations issued on much more than
a national scale, just as it should be. If they are going to play on a world
scale, they need to be equally held accountable, no matter where their
headquarters sit.
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