World governments condemn tech-induced censorship of President Trump, plan to regulate

Michael McCormack, the acting Australian Prime Minister, accused Twitter of censorship for suspending Trump’s account permanently. He also compared the January 6 riots to the George Floyd riots that swept the world last year.

In an interview on Monday, McCormack, who is standing in for PM Scott Morrison, who is on leave, suggested that Twitter should not have permanently suspended Trump’s account.

“There’s been a lot of people who have said and done a lot of things on Twitter previously that haven’t received that sort of condemnation or indeed censorship. But I’m not one who believes in that sort of censorship,” McCormack said, speaking to ABC Radio National on Monday.

At a press briefing later, McCormack doubled down on his criticism of Twitter.

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