Twitter bans alt-right leaders from network

[Simfan34]

Twitter suspends alt-right figureheads

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http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37997864

This seems a bit of a beau geste considering these people have substantively moved closer to the halls of power. Who needs Pepe the Frog when you have the White House and the entire apparati of the federal and many state governments potentially at your disposal, or at least in your favour? In other words, Twitter does this once it becomes less relevant?

Those banned include Richard Spencer, Director of the National Policy Institute, the NPI's account, that of its official journal, Paul Town, Pax Dickinson, Ricky Vaughn and John Rivers.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

They have a right to freedom of association. If they don't want alt-righters on Twitter, then they should ban them. It's clear that most of the bans are legitimate judging by their online behavior. You'd think the supposedly right-wing creeps would accept that.

[RI]

They have a right to freedom of association. If they don't want alt-righters on Twitter, then they should ban them. It's clear that most of the bans are legitimate judging by their online behavior. You'd think the supposedly right-wing creeps would accept that.

Twitter is certainly within their rights to do so, but this is the kind of stuff that only feeds the anti-media backlash.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Melania having an influence early in the Trump Presidency.

Twitter should ban Trump if they want some real attention.

[ApatheticAustrian]

They have a right to freedom of association. If they don't want alt-righters on Twitter, then they should ban them. It's clear that most of the bans are legitimate judging by their online behavior. You'd think the supposedly right-wing creeps would accept that.

Twitter is certainly within their rights to do so, but this is the kind of stuff that only feeds the anti-media backlash.

twitter is not media.

[Associate Justice PiT]

They have a right to freedom of association. If they don't want alt-righters on Twitter, then they should ban them. It's clear that most of the bans are legitimate judging by their online behavior. You'd think the supposedly right-wing creeps would accept that.

Twitter is certainly within their rights to do so, but this is the kind of stuff that only feeds the anti-media backlash.

twitter is not media.

     Twitter is heavily identified with the political establishment at this point, in much the same way the media is.

[dead0man]

They have a right to freedom of association. If they don't want alt-righters on Twitter, then they should ban them. It's clear that most of the bans are legitimate judging by their online behavior. You'd think the supposedly right-wing creeps would accept that.

Twitter is certainly within their rights to do so, but this is the kind of stuff that only feeds the anti-media backlash.

[MasterJedi]

I am always amused by people who scream that business should be allowed to serve who they want (scared of the gay people's cakes and all) but how dare you do the same to me!