Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and YouTube give seven dictators including Russian President Vladimir Putin unrestricted access. These platforms allow them to publish on their sites, which has influenced 50 million users as of March 28. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump, the former leader of free nations is still being blocked.
MRC Free Speech America identified seven dictators Big Tech permits to be posted online by Big Tech. Twitter gives verified status to six dictators: Putin, Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel BermúdezRwandan President Paul Kagame. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah KhameneiThis is allowed even though he posts from an unverified account. Fox News and many other news organizations have recognized his Twitter account.
These seven dictators had four of their profiles on Facebook while three others were on YouTube. Erdoğan and Kagame are on all three social media platforms. The dictators’ accounts have about 38 million Twitter followers, 11.4 million Facebook followers, and 417,800 YouTube subscribers altogether.
Each of the seven leaders have been identified repeatedly as dictators. Putin’s military is also in the midst of a devastating invasion of Ukraine, while his verified YouTube and TwitterAccounts are not subject to restrictions.
Ayatollah Khanei regularly posts violence-encouraging material on social media. One video shows the assassination Trump and former Secretary Of State. Mike Pompeo. Khamenei’s government has been classified by the U.S. State Department as a state sponsor for terrorism. He also requested the destruction of Israel and the “death” of American leaders in tweets. Over 600 Americans were also killed in Iraq by Iran. Meanwhile, Twitter banned Trump in January 2021 allegedly “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” after Trump had called for peace.
As well, the other dictators are also plagued by corruption and tyranny over many years. Cuba’s Bermúdez worked with former Cuban dictators for years. His translation Twitter bio says he is “Committed to the Martían ideas of Fidel and Raúl [Castro].” Fidel Castro was an “evil, murderous,” communist dictator, as Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said.
Rwanda’s Kagame is not only a dictator, he has encouraged and facilitated investments from the genocidal Chinese Communist Party in his country. China Daily has positive reviews for Kagame.
These dictators all had corruption in their history and still practice some type of tyranny. Trump remains banned on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
After Russia invaded Ukraine on February 28, Russia’s state-affiliated Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts were allowed to continue to have an influence over their 38.7million followers. While Big Tech took some steps to block Russian state media accounts, Putin remains on YouTube and Twitter.
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