Twitter's Ban of McConnell Shows Tech's Censorship Power

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign was locked out of its own Twitter account Wednesday for sharing a cellphone video documenting some of the threats made against his life by protesters amassed outside his home. The company’s actions – and its subsequent explanation — is a reminder of the enormous power it has to censor political speech even as it becomes the de facto publishing platform of political candidates and public officials.

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