President Trump’s battle with Twitter intensified on Friday, sparking new debates around the combustible themes of race, policing and protest.
Trump has been accused of inciting violence. The president has suggested that he would like to shut Twitter down if he could.
The question is where the row might go next, given the conflicting dynamics at play.
Twitter enables Trump to go around the traditional media and communicate directly with his 80 million followers — even as he fulminates about alleged bias in Silicon Valley. Continue reading.