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Facebook is wrong to censor Donald Trump

6 August 2020

9:01 PM

6 August 2020

9:01 PM

Donald Trump has hardly covered himself in glory in his latest public responses to the pandemic. His calamitous interview with Australian Journalist Jonathan Swan will probably enter the presidential history books for all the wrong reasons.

Nevertheless, the news that Facebook has removed a video of the President’s latest appearance on Fox News on the grounds that it spreads ‘misinformation’ about Covid-19 should raise alarm bells in the ears of anyone who cares about free speech.

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