Popular radio host Rush Limbaugh deactivated his Twitter account on Friday after the technology giant permanently banned President Donald Trump. A Twitter spokesperson told news outlets that Limbaugh deactivated his account, after initially stating that it permanently suspended the account. Limbaugh was followed by over 88 million people on Twitter. The radio host’s Facebook account…
Nikki Haley Likens Trump Twitter Ban to Act of Chinese Communist Party
Social media companies banning President Donald Trump is something the Chinese Communist Party would do, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley said Friday. “Silencing people, not to mention the President of the U.S., is what happens in China not our country,” Haley wrote in a tweet. Twitter announced earlier in the day that it was…
Welcome to West China
Commentary Did you ever wonder what it’s like to live in a one-party state? Well, wonder no more. You’re living in one. The major means of communication—in today’s terms that means social media—have now been taken over completely by the left. Not only has Donald Trump—still the president of the United States—been permanently banned from…
Trump Responds to Twitter’s Permanent Account Suspension
President Donald Trump responded to Twitter’s move to permanently suspend his account from its platform late Friday, condemning the big tech giant and saying that it does not stand for free speech. “As I have been saying for a long time, Twitter has gone further and further in banning free speech, and tonight, Twitter employees…
Twitter Removes Trump’s Account From Its Platform
Twitter has removed President Donald Trump’s account from its social platform, saying that his recent Twitter posts was in “in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.” “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter—we have permanently…
Twitter Permanently Removes Trump’s Account From Its Platform
Twitter has permanently removed President Donald Trump’s account from its social media platform, saying that his recent Twitter posts were “in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy.” “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them—specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter—we have…
Twitter Suspends Accounts of Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn
Twitter appeared to suspend the accounts of former national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and lawyer Sidney Powell. Both accounts display the text: “Account suspended … Twitter suspends accounts which violate the Twitter Rules.” It’s not exactly clear why the San Francisco, California-based social media company suspended their accounts, although it suggests tech firms are…
Facebook, Twitter Lock Trump Out of His Account for the First Time
Twitter, followed by Facebook later in the day, disabled the account of President Donald Trump after deleting recent posts made by the president, including a video of him calling on protesters who had gathered on Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington to go home in peace. “As a result of the unprecedented and…
Twitter Places Restrictions on Trump Video Urging Protesters to ‘Go Home Now’
Twitter has added a number of restrictions on a video posted by President Donald Trump that called for peace and urged protesters who amassed at the U.S. Capitol to go home. “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence,” the…
Beware the Corporatocracy
A Hollywood dystopian plotline cliché depicts large corporations as despotic exploiters controlling society and manipulating individuals to maximize profits. Think “Alien.” Think “Blade Runner.” Think “Robocop.” I have always thought that this villainous corporations plotline was a stretch. Free societies would never, I assumed, surrender personal liberty to the control of big business. But recent…
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