Several Republican leaders, together with well-liked Indian- American politician Nikki Haley, have condemned Twitter for completely deactivating outgoing President Donald Trump’s account, saying that the “US is not China”.
Twitter on Friday completely suspended Trump’s account because of the “risk of further incitement of violence”, days after his supporters stormed the US Capitol and brought on the deaths of 4 civilians and a police officer.
“Silencing people, not to mention the President of the US, is what happens in China not our country,” tweeted Haley on Friday.“Unbelievable,” stated the previous US Ambassador to the UN who throughout a closed-door assembly of the Republican National Committee in Florida on Thursday strongly condemned Trump’s feedback inciting supporters to mount an assault on the US Capitol.
The president has not all the time chosen the suitable phrases and his actions post-election shall be “judged harshly by history”, she had stated within the assembly.
US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr Ben Carson, joined Haley in opposing the Twitter’s transfer.
“Silencing a significant number of voters and erasing history is no way to unite us; it only further divides. Big tech and social media platforms want to act like media organisations but don’t want to be held accountable with the rest of media. Speech should be free whether you agree or not,” he stated.
“United States is not China”, Carson asserted.
“You want to ban @realDonaldTrump, fine you’re a private company, but @Twitter deleting the President’s account which highlights this admin & its history is wrong. @Facebook & @instagram banning all images from the Capitol riot is a dangerous precedent to set. We aren’t in China,” he tweeted.
Twitter additionally suspended the account of Trump marketing campaign and deleted his tweets from the official twitter deal with of the US President.
Twitter additionally suspended the account of Trump marketing campaign digital director Gary Coby after he modified his Twitter identify to ‘Donald Trump’ and tweeted from the account.
“Disgusting,” tweeted Jason Miller, a longtime Trump adviser. “Big Tech wants to cancel all 75M @realDonaldTrump supporters. If you don’t think they’re coming for you next, you’re wrong,” he added.
The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr, likened the Twitter’s transfer to George Orwell’s “1984”.
“We are living Orwell’s 1984. Free-speech no longer exists in America. It died with big tech and what’s left is only there for a chosen few. This is absolute insanity!,” he tweeted.
“Mao would be proud,” he stated in one other tweet, referring to Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China. PTI LKJ SCY
