Twitter’s decision to permanently suspend Donald Trump’s account has met with a real furor on the part of Russia’s digitally-connected commentariat. For several days now, bloggers, journalists, politicians and just the concerned members of the Russian public have (for the most part) condemned the ban with the raging passion of those truly in the know.
“There’s no issue more important to a Russian than that of Trump’s locking horns with Twitter,” wrote opposition activist Dmitrii Gudkov — only half in jest.
Among the critics, prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny slammed what he described as Twitter’s “censorship” of the US President.
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