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Questions

Editorial cartoonists often use humor to make light of serious situations. How does the cartoonist take a lighthearted approach to a serious issue? — What ongoing news item does the cartoonist illustrate?


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Cartoon by Dana Summers

Answers

Twitter is increasingly censoring free speech by blocking tweets that the company disagrees with ideologically and has begun permanently banning other users it disagrees with, while allowing others — including the Chinese government and other repressive and/or genocidal regimes — to post misinformation or threats/lies (Iran).

Interesting note: Coronavirus disinformation spread by senior Chinese government officials does not violate Twitter’s terms of service, a spokesperson for the company told The Daily Beast in 2020.