When Twitter, Facebook and YouTube suspended President Donald Trump’s accounts one year ago, pointing to their rules against inciting violence, they barred him from speaking in three of the most influential forums of our time.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Tech giants banned Trump. But did they censor him?
A year later, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube’s suspension of the president leaves lingering questions about their power to control speech
Analysis by Will Oremus
Updated January 7, 2022 at 11:23 a.m. EST|Published January 7, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EST