Left-Wing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Makes Surprising Statement on Censorship of Trump

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador condemned social media companies for censoring President Donald Trump this week, saying that he does not “accept” the move as being okay.

“I don’t like anybody being censored or taking away from the right to post a message on Twitter or Face(book). I don’t agree with that, I don’t accept that,” López Obrador said.

“How can you censor someone: ‘Let’s see, I, as the judge of the Holy Inquisition, will punish you because I think what you’re saying is harmful,’” he continued. “Where is the law, where is the regulation, what are the norms? This is an issue of government, this is not an issue for private companies.”

The Washington Post reported that presidential spokesman Jesús Ramírez doubled down on the message from López Obrador, writing on social media: “Facebook’s decision to silence the current leader of the United States calls for a debate on freedom of expression, the free exchange of information on the web, democracy and the role of the companies that administer (social) networks.”

https://thinkamericana.com/left-wing-mexican-president-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-makes-surprising-statement-on-censorship-of-trump/

Facebook to censor 'stop the steal' phrase

Facebook will remove certain content containing the phrase "stop the steal" from its social media platforms, in response to what it says are "continued attempts to organise events against the outcome of the US presidential election that can lead to violence".

The company, which is treating the next two weeks as a "major civic event", says it will continue to allow "robust conversations related to the election outcome".

"But with continued attempts to organise events against the outcome of the US presidential election that can lead to violence, and use of the term by those involved in Wednesday's violence in DC, we're taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration," the company said in a blog post.

"It may take some time to scale up our enforcement of this new step but we have already removed a significant number of posts."

A Facebook spokeswoman clarified the company would allow posts that clearly share the "stop the steal" phrase to either condemn baseless claims of electoral fraud or to discuss the issue neutrally.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/facebook-censors-stop-the-steal-donald-trump-social-media/13048006

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