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Liberal Twitter in free speech conundrum after Facebook bans Jones, Yiannopoulos and Farrakhan

2-5-2019 < RT 20 114 words
 

Liberals are torn between applauding Facebook’s censorship of Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Louis Farrakhan, and other “wrongthink” users and sticking up for free speech, a principle the Left once championed unconditionally.


After Facebook and Instagram announced they were not only banning controversial figures like Jones, Yiannopoulos and Farrakhan, but also anyone who reposted content from Jones’ Infowars and removing any groups or events that promoted any of the blacklisted “extremists,” citing the platform’s policy on “Dangerous Individuals and Organizations,” Twitter erupted in…applause?





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