EDITORIAL: Social media firms must be held accountable
They are becoming a threat to democracy across the world
12 January 2021 - 05:10
The scenes from Washington last week, when a mob incited by the sitting president of the US sought to attack legislators and violently reverse the results of an election, are still sending shock waves across the world.
Analysts and future historians will be debating the implications of Donald Trump’s coup for years. It's too early to say now how profoundly it will change the world’s oldest democracy, if at all. The US constitution dates back to 1789 and its opening words “we, the people” have inspired imitations across the world...
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