After banning the US president and other voices challenging Joe Biden’s election victory, Twitter is aghast that #Uganda has shut down the social media conversation two days before voters there go to the polls.
“We’re hearing reports that internet service providers are being ordered to block social media and messaging apps,” Twitter said on Tuesday. “We strongly condemn internet shutdowns. They are hugely harmful [and] violate basic human rights and the principles of the open internet.”
With tens of thousands of conservative voices, including President Donald Trump, being banned by #Twitter and other #BigTech platforms in recent days, the irony of the company’s statement was not lost on critics. “Shutting down voices online is a violation of human rights in Uganda but necessary to protect democracy in America,” Blaze TV host Lauren Chen tweeted.
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Hypocrites. They are just mad that they are not allowed to use their platform to influence this election. Irony is too weak a word in the article.
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