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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @07:27AM (2 children)
Sorry, but none of these entities/corporations is a "gatekeeper of information. They have absolutely no power to stop you from finding alternative sources of information. Seriously, what do you think would happen if CNN or Fox found out you tuned in to BBC as well, for example? Exactly what leverage do you think they might have to stop you?
Sounds to me like what really irks you is that they refuse to hop on the Trump train and toe the party line. What you really want is propaganda. Sorry, but no thanks.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @01:24PM
"They have absolutely no power to stop you from finding alternative sources of information."
and you're still missing the point. For those that are interested go back and read what was typed in by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10, @03:07AM (#1097774)
https://soylentnews.org/politics/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=41551&commentsort=0&mode=threadtos&threshold=0&highlightthresh=0&page=2&cid=1097774#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @02:30PM
"They have absolutely no power to stop you from finding alternative sources of information."
As stated, most of those alternative sources of information are private as well. The government shouldn't be at the mercy of private media to get its message out. That's not a good model.