There is light at the end of the Twitter/Facebook/Google/Apple censorship tunnel – if users and citizens refuse to bow to it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/01/14/refuse-to-be-silenced-n2583120
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Poland Slams Social Media Deplatforming of Trump as Government Readies Anti-Censorship Law
The Polish government has decried social media platforms’ (mis)handling of US President Donald Trump’s accounts as Warsaw prepares to pass its own legislation to stop ideological censorship.
Under the country’s new anti-censorship law, “removing lawful content would directly violate the law, and this will have to be respected by the platforms that operate in Poland,” he explained to Polish outlet Rzeczpospolita.
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Representative Mark Green Condemns Last-Ditch Impeachment Efforts
“Every one of us has a role to play in bridging the divide”, Dr. Green said. “I urge all Americans to get off social media, and instead, talk with your neighbors, go to your house of worship, and call that family member you always argue with at Thanksgiving. And I hope President-elect Biden will ask his Congressional colleagues to work toward uniting the country instead of pursuing a rushed impeachment that will only deepen the wedge between us.”
https://markgreen.house.gov/2021/1/rep-mark-green-statement-on-congress-impeachment-vote
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Angela Merkel Calls Suspension of Trump’s Twitter Account “Problematic”
The German chancellor on Monday joined the growing rank of world leaders criticizing the unrestrained censorship that big tech companies are now engaged in, silencing elected officials, candidates and millions of citizens who have views and opinions that differ from the tech companies’ own.
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Free Speech Platform Gab Reports 753% Surge in Traffic in 24 Hours
As Twitter and Facebook are purging conservative and other dissenting users, alternative social media platforms, including Gab, MeWe and Parler are seeing an unprecedented surge in users and traffic as users are abandoning (or being suspended from) Facebook and Twitter.
People are Leaving Twitter in Droves After Extreme Censorship, Joining Parler, MeWe and Gab Instead
Note: Google and Apple have pulled Parler from Google Play and iTunes, but the app is still available on Parler’s website (see our previous article with links).
https://tennesseestar.com/2021/01/10/twexit-movement-picks-up-steam-after-trump-banned-from-twitter/
U.S. Lifts Self-Imposed Restrictions on Relations With Taiwan
For decades, the Unites States has limited itself in it’s interactions with it’s ally Taiwan, in an attempt to appease the Communist Party which rules the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The PRC on the other hand, has become increasingly confrontational towards the U.S. in recent years.
On Saturday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is finally abandoning it’s self-imposed restrictions when interacting with Taiwan.
https://www.state.gov/lifting-self-imposed-restrictions-on-the-u-s-taiwan-relationship/