Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads
Source: BBC
Twitter has suspended the accounts of several members of the American alt-right movement, including the leader of a white nationalist think tank.
The social network has not given an explanation for its actions.
But they come the same week it announced new ways for users to complain about hateful content.
Some alt-right figures have suggested a switch to Gab, an alternative micro-blogging service that promises "free speech for everyone".
But other have their doubts.
"Gab just seems like a pointless echo chamber, there are enough alt-right blogs and forums," wrote one supporter of the movement in a discussion thread about the Twitter suspensions.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37997864
Sadly Trump's account is still active.
vdogg
(1,384 posts)I really don't like censorship. It's better to let their idiocy stand for all to see and combat it with the truth. Our main problem is we didn't combat their nonsense with enough vigor, mistakenly believing that no sane person would believe it. By shutting them down we turn them into martyrs. I'm not sure this is productive.
eShirl
(18,490 posts)Twitter is not part of our government.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)from freedom of speech to cyberbullying and even stalking.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Banner is a leading alt-right figure, after all, he's Trump's BFF.
riversedge
(70,192 posts)Not used in over two years. I have no idea what name or handle he uses.
https://twitter.com/StephenBannon
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)have all the power...NOW twitter does the right thing...except the head white nationalist nazi still has his damn account of course!
FO twitter!
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)something about slamming barn doors after the horses are out.
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)Well said.
Grey Lemercier
(1,429 posts)like a ex frat boy, speaks in dulcet tones, NPI faces up so non threatening. He and Bannon et al are now exposing MILLIONS of new whites to hardcore racialist thought with the official stamp and full gravitas of the office of the President of the United States reinforcing, normalising and legitimising it.
Terrifying.
wryter2000
(46,037 posts)That's disgusting.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)Lurked over there during DU's downtime; what a bunch of hateful nuts
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Quayblue
(1,045 posts)They've all moved over to reddit anyhow.
That place is disgustingly dangerous.