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Donald Trump, Julian Assange, free speech and censorship: for a class perspective
Ben Chacko addresses some of vital points notably absent from the present media discourse on censorship

DONALD TRUMP’S Twitter and Facebook bans place issues of free speech and who regulates it back in the public eye.

Along with other humiliations — most obviously his second impeachment — Trump being silenced on the media platform dearest to him highlights his chaotic and ungracious departure from office.

Another end-days setback for the outgoing president relates to free speech from a different angle — a British court’s decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges.

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