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De-Platforming Trump

Date: January 15, 2021

Following the armed assault on the U.S. Capitol, tech companies moved to block incitement of further violence, including bans of Donald Trump from Facebook and Twitter and a decision by Amazon to cease providing web services to "free speech" social media site Parler. Were these the right moves, and do they imply anything for content moderation more generally? What effect will this incident have on regulation of social media in the U.S. and around the world? With Mike Masnick, Founder and CEO of the Copia Institute and Editor of Techdirt; Prof. Shannon C. McGregor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; and Sam Schechner, Europe Tech Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.

Following the armed assault on the U.S. Capitol, tech companies moved to block incitement of further violence, including bans of Donald Trump from Facebook and Twitter and a decision by Amazon to cease providing web services to "free speech" social media site Parler. Were these the right moves, and do they imply anything for content moderation more generally? What effect will this incident have on regulation of social media in the U.S. and around the world? With Mike Masnick, Founder and CEO of the Copia Institute and Editor of Techdirt; Prof. Shannon C. McGregor, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media; and Sam Schechner, Europe Tech Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal.