US's crackdown on Big Tech a gift to despots around the world

27 June 2021 - 05:00

By BLOOMBERG

Nigerian ban should be a warning to US lawmakers and activists, too. Their efforts to rein in US-based social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook risk restricting democratic freedoms worldwide.

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