The United Nations chief called Thursday for global rules to regulate powerful social media companies like Twitter and Facebook.
January 29,2021 The United Nations chief called Thursday for global rules to regulate powerful social media companies like Twitter and Facebook. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he believes it shouldn’t be a company that has the power to decide whether, for example, then president Donald Trump’s Twitter account should be closed, as a questioner asked. Rather, he said, a “mechanism” should be created “in which there is a regulatory framework with rules that allow for that to be done in line with law.” “I do not think that we can live in a world where too much power is given to a reduced number of companies,” Guterres stressed at a news conference. Earlier this month, Twitter ended Trump’s nearly 12-year run and shuttered his account, severing an instant line of communication to his 89 million followers that was a hallmark of his presidency. Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump.
