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Social media giants conspire to shoot themselves in the foot

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exactly what they themselves opposed in order to make them billions of dollars. They cannot have it both ways. If Jones’s words – or anyone else’s for that matter – incite violence, racism or any other kind of nefarious act, then that is a matter for the law.

Even fools like him must also be allowed to speak and speak freely.

The real idiots are those who choose to listen and believe his lies.

Akilled. Appallingl­y, he has insisted that these grieving families were faking their pain.

“I’ve looked at it and undoubtedl­y there’s a cover-up, there’s actors, they’re manipulati­ng, they’ve been caught lying and they were pre-planning before it and rolled out with it,” he said.

But now the oxygen of publicity that Jones has breathed for so long has finally been cut off.

Apple, Facebook and YouTube have acted – in seemingly co-ordinated fashion – to remove the vast bulk of his pathetic content from their sites, citing repeated violations of policies against hate S A young boy speech and glorifying violence. growing up,

The streaming service Spotify whenever I was also expanded a ban imposed last teased about my ginger week. hair, my mother would

This guy is dangerous. But what is always reassure me that “the even more dangerous is when world’s most handsome man”, companies, which are built on the Robert Redford, had my colouring foundation­stoo.ofthefrees­peechFirst Amendment, act as judge and jury Now, after a career spanning over what can and can’t be said. more than 60 years, the sun is to

By banning Jones, they are doing finally set on the Sundance Kid after the actor announced his retirement. The 81-year-old (pictured) confirmed this week he was making good on his promise in 2016 that he would no longer appear in front of the camera after completing his final movie The Old Man & The Gun. “Never say never, but I pretty well concluded that this would be it for me in terms of acting, and [I’ll] move towards retirement after this ’cause I’ve been doing it since I was 21,” Redford explained. “I thought, ‘Well, that’s enough.’ And why not go out with something that’s very upbeat and positive?” The Oscar winner admits he may not leave Hollywood entirely, refusing to rule out if he will still direct. “We’ll see about that,” he smiled. Redford’s service to the movie industry ranks as one of the greatest . . . as does his service to gingers. Thanks, Rob.

Even fools like him must also be allowed to speak and speak freely

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