DISINFORMED: Is kicking Trump off Twitter censorship? (Spoiler: IT’S NOT)
There Are No Girls on the Internet
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4.1 • 906 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
It's the first day of Trump’s second impeachment trial. And no matter what happens, it’s clear he used social media to threaten our democracy with disinformation. Nora Benavidez, civil rights attorney and director of Pen America’s US Free Expression Programs, explains how so many are getting it wrong when it comes to platforms and free speech and how we could all benefit from just slowing down online.
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| 0:33.1 | You're listening to Disinformed. |
| 0:35.2 | A mini-series from There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:37.5 | I'm Bridget Todd. Thank you. You're listening to Disinformed, a mini-series from There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Bridget Todd. |
| 0:48.0 | Today marks the start of Trump's second impeachment trial for his role on the insurrection on January 6th. |
| 0:52.2 | Here's Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin earlier today at the trial. |
| 0:56.9 | If that's not an impeachable offense, then there is no such thing. |
| 1:01.3 | On the day Congress met to finalize the presidential election, |
| 1:07.9 | he would have you believe there is absolutely nothing the Senate can do about it. |
| 1:11.5 | Now, it's clear that Trump continuously used social media to spread disinformation, |
| 1:16.4 | including the repeated baseless lie that he won the 2020 election and that it was being stolen from him. |
| 1:17.9 | That lie, as we know, culminated in his supporters attacking the Capitol. |
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