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[Once again the anti-free speech Silicon Valley censors have accommodated the anti-free speech cancel crowd. This misleading article from the poisonous Guardian smears Dr. Duke as “a notorious hate group leader”. He has committed no crime. “Hate group” is a term of abuse used by the minority censors to smear White or Christians who stand up for themselves. The smear identified Dr. Duke as a “former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard”. True — but two thirds of a lifetime ago. Dr. Duke, now nearly 70, left the Klan when he was 23! But the fake news doesn’t provide context. Twitter’s censorship actions now, mre than ever, demonstrate the need to legislatively treat these near monopolies — Twitter, Facebook, You Tube, PayPal as public utilities and prevent them from discriminating against users on the basis of their political, religious, racial or medical views.” — Paul Fromm, Director, Canadian Association for Free Expression.]<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Twitter bans white supremacist David Duke after 11 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard has faced a belated backlash from social media companies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Duke was banned from Twitter after a final rule violation involving a \u2018harmful link\u2019. Photograph: Matt Rourke\/APLois Beckett<\/a> in San Francisco@loisbeckett<\/a>Published onFri 31 Jul 2020 23.45 BST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1999, the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke predicted that the Internet would help give birth to a \u201ccoming white revolution\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news media did not give him friendly coverage, he wrote on his website, but on the internet, he could reach supporters directly, starting a \u201cchain reaction of racial enlightenment\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next 20 years, Duke, one of the most notorious hate group leaders in the US, was given free rein to spread his white supremacist message on one internet platform after another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, after years of protests and a surge of white supremacist terror attacks around the globe, social media companies are belatedly limiting Duke\u2019s reach. Twitter said on Friday that it had permanently suspended his account, citing \u201crepeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct<\/a>\u201d. YouTube banned his account<\/a> in June. Facebook banned Duke in 2018, the company said, more than a year<\/a> after he participated in the violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia.Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n