Newsweek: ACLU Counsel Warns of ‘Unchecked Power’ of Twitter, Facebook After Trump Suspension

Even left media like Newsweek reports on the dangers of big tech censorship in ACLU Counsel Warns of ‘Unchecked Power’ of Twitter, Facebook After Trump Suspension

A legislative counsel member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned Friday that the suspension of President Donald Trump‘s social media accounts wielded “unchecked power,” by Twitter and Facebook.

Kate Ruane, a senior legislative counsel at the ACLU said in a statement that the decision to suspend Trump from social media could set a precedent for big tech companies to silence less privileged voices.

“For months, President Trump has been using social media platforms to seed doubt about the results of the election and to undermine the will of voters. 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,” the statement read…

The ACLU isn’t the only voice in the legal community citing concern over the move to suspend Trump.

“I want a wide range of ideas, even those I loathe, to be heard, and I think Twitter especially holds a concerning degree of power over public discourse,” Gregory P. Magarian, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis told The New York Times.