Court In Spain Backs Twitter’s Temporary Ban On Vox Party Over Islamophobic Tweet
Spain’s Supreme Court on Tuesday backed Twitter’s decision to temporarily block the account of the Vox party for hate speech.
The social media platform decided to block the far-right party from tweeting for eight days in early 2021 during its electoral run in Catalonia.
As part of its “Stop Islamization” campaign, Vox tweeted inaccurate statistics that Muslim immigrants make up 0.2% of Catalonia’s population but were responsible for 93% of crimes.
After Twitter blocked the party’s account for inciting hatred against Muslims, Vox decided to take Twitter to court.
Now, more than a year later, the Supreme Court threw out Vox’s case.
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