UN chief ‘particularly worried’ about power of social media giants & calls for laws to keep them in check

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Regulations are needed to reign in companies like Twitter so that their actions, such as the banning of former US president Donald Trump, are “in line with the law,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

When asked during a press conference on Thursday if Twitter was “right” to permanently suspend Trump, then a sitting US president, Guterres did not answer directly. Instead, he suggested that social media behemoths should follow a clear set of rules rather than wielding unchecked power.

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