Twitter bans President Trump permanently

**darmstadt** · 12 January 2021, 17:10

It just goes to show the type of idiots that the government uses, oh, and he's a friend of Johnson

Originally posted by AtW View Post

It is (was) a private company, you could not just go and "buy shares" in it.

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**AtW** · 12 January 2021, 17:22

Interestingly it's a private company for a reason - Mercer's don't invest into right wing propaganda outlets to make money directly from their operations, plus if Parler ever did IPO then executives could have gone to jail for allowing right wingers post tulip that gets company closed - they'd be personally responsible for decisions not to moderate content, so it would have never became public company anyway, which makes call to buy shares even more Mor Onic than it is

**CheeseSlice** · 13 January 2021, 23:15

Meanwhile in Uganda..

TechCabal Daily – Social media clampdowns | TechCabal

Over the weekend, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat banned Donald Trump. It sparked a debate around free speech, social media censorship and the place of big tech companies as arbiters of truth.

Closer to home, Facebook took down accounts of top Ugandan officials while leaving Museveni’s account intact. It adds a layer of drama to what has been an eventful runup to Presidential elections in Uganda.

With Museveni trying to hold on to power, the leader opposition candidate, Bobbi Wine has faced trouble at every turn. The latest twist in the tale one day to the election is the announcement by Uganda’s Communications Commission (UCC) that social media and messaging services have been shut down. Affected social media platforms include Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp and Signal.