Twitter closes the Trump account and it is not news that makes everyone happy, including in that “everyone” a good part of his detractors and those who do not follow him.
No, it is not good for a company to be the judge that determines who speaks and who does not speak. Freedom of expression is essential, one of the pillars of democracy, enemy number 1 of dictatorships.
Should there be regulation? Yes, as in everything that affects life in common, but it is the regulation that the law and the sovereign people decide. Because … what happens if we leave it in the hands of a company?
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right of vital importance, thinks Angela Merkel when she reflects worried about the measure of Twitter. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or Twitch have also closed the profiles of the next former president of the United States. It is the power of technology over political power and over the citizen. They can also silence you and an opponent in a dictatorship and even an entire political party.
It is no longer about Trump and his tweeting incontinence or his role as an animator when not an ideologue of the assault on Capitalio, it is about the power of technological platforms to censor, to influence elections, to sell our personal data, to facilitate countless crimes, from financial to sexual. Who has given Twitter the power to be the censor of the world, or Facebook the judge of morality and the guardian of the nipples?
The networks are young and have yet to establish themselves. We do not know much about them and their effects. Who aspire to rule the world … we do know that. Trump is leaving now. Twitter stays.
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