Constitutional Law
Feb. 18, 2021
Social media, cancel culture and the First Amendment
The great deplatforming of January 2021 will likely be remembered as the turning point in the battle for control over digital speech. Within days of the attack on the Capitol, former President Donald Trump was banned or suspended by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch and YouTube.
Mari K. Rockenstein
Lecturer, MVS School of Business & Economics
California State University Channel Islands
Mari is a frequent commentator on legal issues for radio and television and is of counsel to the Camarillo-based law firm of Panda Kroll, Esq. & Associates.
The great deplatforming of January 2021 will likely be remembered as the turning point in the battle for control over digital speech. Within days of the attack on the Capitol, former President Donald Trump was banned or suspended by Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitch and YouTube. Stripe stopped processing payments for his campaign's website. Reddit banned the r/DonaldTrump subreddit and Discord removed the server connected to the pro-Trump group TheDonald....
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