IN THIS CASE OF FREE SPEECH AND TOTALITARIAN BIG TECH COMPANIES LIMITING IT, THE ACLU IS ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY, JUST LIKE SUPERMAN!

 

ACLU senior legislative counsel Kate Ruane said in a statement:

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. 

President Trump can turn to his press team or Fox News to communicate with the public, but others — like the many Black, Brown, and LGBTQ activists who have been censored by social media companies — will not have that luxury. It is our hope that these companies will apply their rules transparently to everyone.