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For example, a social media platform may restrict speech that it considers to be hate speech more broadly than is required by US law, [107] and may restrict speech that it considers to be harassment and verbal abuse. Restriction of hate speech and harassment on social media is the subject of debate.
Internet censorship also occurs in response to or in anticipation of events such as elections, protests, and riots. An example is the increased censorship due to the events of the Arab Spring. Other types of censorship include the use of copyrights, defamation, harassment, and various obscene material claims as a way to deliberately suppress ...
Following this, many conservative speakers and politicians claimed the President was the target of organized social media censorship. [45] In the second impeachment of Donald Trump, his social media activity was presented as evidence by impeachment managers. [46]
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The proposed TikTok ban could embolden censorship abroad, experts warn, and shatter the U.S.’s reputation as a free speech champion. ... “If we tried to shut down social media before an ...
Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates St. John University's Kate Klonick on the federal government's role in social media censorship.
Currently, social media censorship appears primarily as a way to restrict Internet users' ability to organize protests. For the Chinese government, seeing citizens unhappy with local governance is beneficial as state and national leaders can replace unpopular officials.
Andrew Tate’s permanent barring from social media platforms is not considered censorship by the Constitution’s standard. The First Amendment protects the freedom of speech as it pertains to ...