How Twitter Amplifies Authoritarianism

A brief history of communications technology for autocrats

The Germans didn’t invent the original microphone and the P.A., but they perfected them.

Hey, Jack Dorsey! A quick hypothetical for ya: what if it were 1936, and Hitler (the elected leader of Germany at the time) had a Twitter account? Would you block him?

Before you answer, let’s remember what happened back then: a technological innovation in media allowed…