10 August 2017: The Weekly Takedown
by | Aug 10 2017
CENSORED: Eric Trump, son of the current US president, accused Twitter of censoring him.
SPEECH!: Twitter wouldn’t delete hateful tweets so this artist painted them outside its office.
LONG READ: Writer Ijeoma Oluo shares her experience dealing with abuse on Facebook...and getting suspended for sharing the abuse.
USER NOT FOUND: Maine’s governor is being sued by the ACLU for blocking critics on his Facebook page.
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