Twitter users are leaving the platform in answer to the tech giant’s suspension of U.S. President Trump’s account, which could lead to the end of the “free speech wing of the free-speech party,” according to one federal member of Parliament.
In the meantime, one expert says Twitter’s decision was a commercial one, with the tech giant considering the potential criticism from different audiences.
Following the suspension of Trump’s Twitter account, share prices of the tech giant dropped over 12 percent cutting $51 billion from its market value.
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January 14, 2021
Its share price has yet to be restored.
“Originally, the CEO of Twitter said it was the ‘free speech wing of the free-speech party’ … well what we’re seeing in the last week is anything but,” the Member for Dawson, George Christensen told The Epoch Times.
“I think people are voting with their feet as well as investors, and that is going to spell the beginning of the end for Twitter,” he said.
“If people can’t freely express their own opinions online without fear of being censored or blocked or banned or shadowbanned. They are going to go elsewhere,” he added.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey took to his platform to publish a statement on Thursday saying, “I believe this was the right decision for Twitter.”
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