Why is Twitter punishing conservatives?

Milo Yiannopoulos is just the latest example of this worrying trend

Twitter has been slowly silencing some of its users.
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Remember the Arab Spring? Back then, a lot of people thought Twitter helped usher in a democratic revolution in the Middle East. A commitment to free speech was then a hallmark of its brand, often repeated by now-departed company stalwarts like Biz Stone, Evan Williams, and, later, CEO Dick Costolo.

Today, there's been a shift.

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.