Media companies must be held to account for their treatment of free speech
Posted at 10am UK time
Donald Trump’s long-term ban from major social media sites continues as Facebook’s Oversight Board has decided to uphold his ban from both Instagram and Facebook.
The US Democrats have called for the former president to be banned permanently.
This development feeds into the ongoing debate surrounding the tension between freedom of speech and the freedom of private companies to conduct business on their terms.
Companies holding this level of power are yet to be held to account over this issue, and it is high time that something happened...
