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Twitter, Facebook and even Pinterest: the recent removal of Donald Trump from basically every social media platform has sparked debate about who decides who else gets to have free speech. Angela Merkel warned that the "fundamental right" of freedom of expression should be regulated by the law, "not managers of social media platforms". France's finance minister has described the control that Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks have over the online space as a "digital oligarchy". We discuss all these issues with two MEPs.
At an annual developers conference Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg references comments by Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, saying he heard "fearful voices calling for building walls" and halting immigration. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Snapchat locked President Donald Trump out of his account. The company shut down Trump's account on Wednesday, during the violent insurrection at the US Capitol. A pro-Trump mob broke into the Capitol building on Wednesday and four people died as a result of the violence. Snapchat had stopped promoting Trump's account back in June 2020 due to his comments during anti-police brutality protests. According to Business Insider, Facebook and Twitter also suspended Trump's accounts as well.
The decision by Facebook's parent company to soon reinstate Donald Trump's account comes at a critical moment for the former president as he seeks to personally reconnect with his supporters across social media, including Twitter, and build much-needed campaign momentum for a return to the White House. Reclaiming his social media megaphone could also open an important new stream of revenue for the 2024 contest’s only declared candidate. For more on Trump's social media strategy amid criticism for the lackluster launch of his latest presidential campaign, FRANCE 24 is joined by Niam Yaraghi, Assistant Professor of Business Technology at Miami Herbert Business School at the University of Miami and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation.
La première édition de la Manifestation internationale Tourisme et évasion (MITE) du 20 au 22/9
Facebook said this week it had removed over three dozen pages that were spreading online misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.
Representative Liz Cheney, the senior Republican on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack and an outspoken critic of Trump, warns fellow Republicans against attempts to "whitewash" the reality of the attack. "No member of Congress should now attempt to defend the indefensible, obstruct this investigation, or whitewash what happened that day," Cheney says on the first day of the hearing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
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