By: The Guardian
January 10, 2021
The decision by Twitter to permanently suspend Donald Trump from its platform could justify tightening the regulation for social media companies, a cabinet minister has suggested.
Matt Hancock said the move showed Twitter “taking editorial decisions” and by implication accepting that social media companies are not just platforms.
As a former culture secretary, Hancock said this raised significant questions about how social media companies are regulated, although he accepted this was not part of his current portfolio as health secretary.