Friday, 3 November 2017

Twitter briefly and immeasurably improved by removal of Donald Trump

On their last day at Twitter, an outgoing employee shut down Donald Trump's account. It was dead for a few minutes, the internet exploding in shock and vain hope. Then someone restored it.

https://twitter.com/TwitterGov/status/926267806261407744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-41854482

The few, whose understanding of free speech is limited to a formless, angry entitlement to the social media accounts they use to spout inanities on privately-owned media company websites, think Trump was censored.

The many know a hero when they see one.