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posted by requerdanos on Saturday January 09 2021, @01:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the twitter-and-facebook-and-twitch-and-snapchat-and... dept.

Twitter permanently suspends Trump's account:

US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company says.

Twitter said the decision was made "after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them".

Mr Trump had earlier been locked out of his account for 12 hours.

Twitter then said that it would ban Mr Trump "permanently" if he breached the platform's rules again.

Reacting to the permanent ban, Trump 2020 campaign adviser Jason Miller tweeted: "Disgusting... if you don't think they're coming for you next, you're wrong."

It comes after Mr Trump tweeted several messages on Wednesday, calling the people who stormed the US Capitol "patriots".

Hundreds of his supporters entered the Capitol building as the US Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The ensuing violence led to the deaths of four civilians and a police officer.

The siege took place just hours after Trump addressed supporters and told them: "We will never give up; we will never concede."

[...] On Thursday, Facebook said it had suspended Mr Trump "indefinitely". The popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on the outgoing president's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts. So has Snapchat.

Two online Trump memorabilia stores were closed this week by e-commerce company Shopify. On Friday, Reddit banned its "donaldtrump" forum for the president's supporters.

[...] The big question now is, can Trumpism survive without the backing of mainstream media? Or will it simply slip into the shadows of the internet?

(Emphasis retained from original.)

Also at Ars Technica, CNET

Full Twitter explanation at: blog.twitter.com

Pro-Trump Rioters Breached US Capitol; EC Confirms Biden; Trump "Responds"; Dems Win GA [Updates: 2]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @03:35AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @03:35AM (#1098099)

    Find me a newspaper that's honest enough to substantially discuss and criticize intellectual property (at least the way it currently is) and I'll consider it.

    Intellectual property laws are very obviously one sided.

    Term limits are way too long

    Copy protection privileges are opt out and not opt-in. They should be opt-in.

    The penalty structure is one sided. The penalties for infringement are insane relative to the penalties for falsely claiming infringement.

    Copy'right' isn't a right, it's a privilege. Perhaps it should be renamed.

    Find me a newspaper that covers these issues and at least tries to be balanced. Because our intellectual property laws are so dishonestly unbalanced and corporate bought that any honest journalist should make a reasonable effort to cover them and to allow critics the opportunity to be heard. Our current intellectual property laws are so outrageous that for me to consider a media outlet honest I require that it covers these issues and does an honest job of allowing intellectual property extremists to be heard. It's an absolute requirement, I will not settle for anything less. I don't see how an honest media outlet can be serious about ignoring this issue.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @03:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @03:39AM (#1098103)

    err.... and does an honest job of allowing critics of intellectual property extremists to be heard *

    I don't see how an honest media outlet can be serious about ignoring this issue or how they can be in favor of such intellectual property extremism (which would naturally be in the private interests of a media outlet but is not in the public interest) *

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @09:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @09:15PM (#1098578)

    I can't. It's such a niché topic and I don't think a newspaper completely dedicated to that topic could afford to pay a journalist. Perhabs you should check if the Pirate Party publish some sort of magazine, if not you could suggest it. It sounds like that would be where the topic would get most attention and now don't forget to subscribe to the monthly IFPI,RIAA,MPAA newsletter as well to get some different perspectives :P