GLOBAL SOUTH NEEDS OWN SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, popularly known by his initials ‘AMLO,’ says social media giants’ continued censorship of Global South voices should spur its people to create their social media platforms.

The Mexican leader argued that only opinions aligning with those of the class to which wealthy social media executives belong have free rein on their platforms.

The events of the last few months validate AMLO’s arguments. Since the 7 October escalation in the 76-year Israeli occupation of Palestine, hundreds of pro-Palestine accounts have been suspended, deleted or restricted on platforms such as Meta and X, while Zi*nists’ accounts promoting gen*cide against Palestinians appear to have largely been left untouched.