{"id":4988,"date":"2016-07-20T21:54:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/freemilo-prompts-free-speech-debate-after-twitter-ban-on-conservative-pundit\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T21:54:45","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T13:54:45","slug":"freemilo-prompts-free-speech-debate-after-twitter-ban-on-conservative-pundit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/20\/freemilo-prompts-free-speech-debate-after-twitter-ban-on-conservative-pundit\/","title":{"rendered":"#FreeMilo prompts free speech debate after Twitter ban on conservative pundit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f150694%2fmilo\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/7FOjZAPTZ_R3iX-_dWW9kT_Cjek=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F150694%2Fmilo.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=%23FreeMilo+prompts+free+speech+debate+after+Twitter+ban+on+conservative+pundit&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F20%2Fmilo-yiannopoulos-free-milo-twitter-ban%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F07%2F20%2Fmilo-yiannopoulos-free-milo-twitter-ban%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s decision to permanently ban conservative pundit and <em>Breitbart Tech <\/em>editor Milo Yiannopoulos has prompted a debate about free speech on Twitter under the hashtag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeMilo?src=tren&amp;data_id=tweet%3A755717200229593088\">#FreeMilo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yiannopoulos, who tweeted under the handle @Nero, was suspended after his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2016\/07\/18\/milo-reviews-ghostbusters\/\">particularly negative<\/a> review of the film <em>Ghostbusters <\/em>led to many racist comments directed at actress and comedian Leslie Jones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/19\/twitter-bans-nero\/\">Twitter permanently bans conservative pundit Milo Yiannopoulos<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Supporters of Yiannopoulos, who is one of the biggest voices in the alt-right movement, took to Twitter to condemn the suspension as an attack on free speech: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/07\/20\/milo-yiannopoulos-free-milo-twitter-ban\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/twitter-ban\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter Ban<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/freemilo\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Freemilo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/milo-yiannopoulos\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Milo Yiannopoulos<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/watercooler\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Watercooler<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/ynrhijT6QtY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter&#8217;s decision to permanently ban conservative pundit and Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos has prompted a debate about free speech on Twitter under the hashtag #FreeMilo.\u00a0 Yiannopoulos, who tweeted under the handle @Nero, was suspended after his particularly negative review &hellip; 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