Source: CNBC
- Twitter permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account on Friday.
- The decision came after Facebook made a similar call recently, extending an initial 24 hour suspension to an indefinite one.
- Trump first experienced temporary bans from both platforms on Wednesday in the midst of a riot where his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers proceeded with the formality of counting Electoral College votes.
The suspension amounts to a ban: Trump can no longer access his account and his tweets and profile picture have been deleted. Trump had 88.7 million followers prior to his suspension. Institutional accounts like @POTUS and @WhiteHouse are still active.
Suggested reading by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times:
Article 10 – expression
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) (formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international convention to protect human rights and political freedoms in Europe. Drafted in 1950 by the then newly formed Council of Europe,[1] the convention entered into force on 3 September 1953. All Council of Europe member states are party to the Convention and new members are expected to ratify the convention at the earliest opportunity.[2]
The Convention established the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Any person who feels their rights have been violated under the Convention by a state party can take a case to the Court. Judgments finding violations are binding on the States concerned and they are obliged to execute them. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors the execution of judgements, particularly to ensure payment of the amounts awarded by the Court to the applicants in compensation for the damage they have sustained.[3]
Article 10 provides the right to freedom of expression, subject to certain restrictions that are “in accordance with law” and “necessary in a democratic society”. This right includes the freedom to hold opinions, and to receive and impart information and ideas, but allows restrictions for:
- interests of national security
- territorial integrity or public safety
- prevention of disorder or crime
- protection of health or morals
- protection of the reputation or the rights of others
- preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence
- maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary
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Trump’s tweets from the official presidential account quickly disappeared, indicating Twitter deleted them. Other associated accounts were suspended.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-twitter-potus-account_n_5ff9096fc5b6c77d85e6ca55
By censoring American conservatives @Google @YouTube @Facebook @Twitter & Co., they have shown that they emulate the CCP (Chinese Communist Party ) model of CONTROL. Now they’re completely on the Dark side.
It was time tge media took string steps to shun the daily lies and inciting sratements that adddd toxic to an already inflamed political environment in US.
Freedom of speech does mean one has the right presented twisted things and against the spirit of Constitution that can undsrmind the rughts of others implied or direct.