Liberal democracies periodically hold elections where groups with differing political views have the opportunity to achieve political power. In practice, these elections are nearly always won by groups who support liberal democracy; thus the system perpetuates itself.
Publishers and media companies have always had the ability to influence public opinion and political decisions.
Twitter has permanently suspended US President Donald Trump’s account due to the risk of further incitement of violence, earlier Facebook banned the President’s account. It is a groundbreaking moment in the history of social media.
The controversy over social media and banning US President Donald Trump and his supporters are about political power.
Supporters of United States Former President Donald Trump forced their way into the US Capitol causing chaos.
Lawmakers were in a meeting at the US Capitol to certify Joe Biden as the winner of the November 3 elections.
The former President refused to concede his loss to the Democratic President-elect Joe Biden and has been urging his supporters to come to Washington to state a rally on the day the US House of Representatives and Senate were scheduled to certify Joe Biden as the next US President.
Meanwhile, the right to free speech is only enforceable against the State. It is not enforceable against private entities like private firms or individuals however big or important they might be.
It would have been a violation of the freedom of speech had an arm of the US government banned Donald Trump.
At a time when “free speech” is kicked around as a partisan political football than a universal principle that a free society must uphold, it’s very important to emphasize that the right to free speech protects citizens from their government. Unlike big media and Big Tech, the government has a monopoly over the legitimate use of force.
Liberal democracies make fundamental rights enforceable by the citizen against the government.