The First Amendment of The U.S. Constitution protects Freedom of Speech. What it actually does is it protects citizens from the government censoring a citizen’s free speech. In early January of 2021, shortly after the election, Former-President Donald Trump made some tweets that he thought the 2020 election had been rigged against him and that it was not a fair and free election. After his tweets and the events that occurred at the Capitol, Trump was denied access to the usage of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and more Social Media platforms. Some people think that this is a violation of his First Amendment right, but there are others who disagree.
The Washington Times stated, “The attack on the Capitol — and our democracy — was bad enough on its own. Big Tech should not be allowed to use the attack as an opportunity to stifle the speech of millions.” There is a lot of agreement in the country with this reasoning. However, other people feel differently. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, said in a post, “The social network decided to cut off Mr. Trump because a rampage by pro-Trump supporters in the nation’s capital a day earlier, which was urged on by the president, showed he wanted to undermine the transition to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.”
The First Amendment is a part of the Bill of Rights, thought to be one of the most important parts of our constitution. It protects freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. In answer to a question asking if big tech censorship is a threat to our freedoms as Americans, I talked to two college students, Josh Kummer and Katie Simpson and one high school senior, Campbell Manolis. All three of them said “yes” that it was a threat to our freedoms.

Many people who are against the censorship of anybody on social media believe that silencing opinions on social media is wrong, but not a violation of free speech, because it is done by a private corporation but not the government.