The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS
The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS
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Letters | Trump Twitter ban: preserving free speech essential for healthy democracy

  • Hate speech restriction is a means not of tackling bigotry but of rebranding certain ideas or arguments as immoral. It is a way of making certain ideas illegitimate without bothering to challenge them

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Updated: 1:35am, 17 Jan, 2021

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The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS
The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on a laptop screen. Citing the risk of further incitement of violence following the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, Twitter permanently suspended Trump’s account. Photo: TNS
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