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DISINFORMED: Trump's Facebook ban was upheld. Is this censorship? NO!  Pen America's Nora Benavidez explains.

DISINFORMED: Trump's Facebook ban was upheld. Is this censorship? NO! Pen America's Nora Benavidez explains.

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


DISINFORMED: Trump's Facebook ban was upheld. Is this censorship? NO! Pen America's Nora Benavidez explains.

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
May 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On Wednesday Facebook's Oversight Board upheld the decision to ban Trump from social media for now. Facebook has 6 months to decide if the decision will be permanent. Some may say banning Trump from social media is a free speech issue, but in a February episode of DISINFORMED, Nora Benavidez, Pen America's director of Free Expression Programs says they're wrong. Let's revisit why she says banning Trump from social media is not censorship. Follow Nora: https://twitter.com/AttorneyNora Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.