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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: 3, Insightful) by slinches on Saturday January 09 2021, @07:40PM (3 children)

    by slinches (5049) on Saturday January 09 2021, @07:40PM (#1097583)

    You conveniently forgot the part where he also called for the protest to be peaceful. Far more inflammatory rhetoric has been used by major political figures to spur on support for as long as there have been protests and political rallies. Should we go back and look at what people were saying prior to the BLM riots last year and charge anyone who used strong language for incitement?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by helel on Saturday January 09 2021, @08:56PM

    by helel (2949) on Saturday January 09 2021, @08:56PM (#1097628)

    By "BLM riots" you mean the people burning police stations [twincities.com], killing people [news.com.au], and plotting to kidnap public officials [cnn.com]? Yes, I think if we had done something about the Trump using strong language leading up to those attacks we'd like not see the violence in the capitol now.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10 2021, @12:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10 2021, @12:40AM (#1097714)

    There is a difference between enticing violence and believing, arguing, and expressing your opinion that the election was stolen. Expressing your opinion that the elections were stolen doesn't entice violence any more than the videos of police brutality do. Otherwise you can reasonably argue that it was the videos of police brutality that enticed violence and it was those that released the videos that should be held accountable because their videos resulted in violence. The next time there is police brutality let's make sure that any videos of it don't get out and that no one is made aware of it.

    It's dishonest for CNN to conflate enticing violence with arguing that the elections were stolen. Arguing that the elections were stolen should be protected speech. Enticing violence is not. If CNN is so blatantly dishonest about something so obvious then it makes people wonder what else they are lying about. It's no wonder no one trusts the media. I don't blame them. When the media is dishonest people lose trust in the media and this may give rise to conspiracy theories.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10 2021, @02:03PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 10 2021, @02:03PM (#1097868)

    You are blinding yourself to the truth. Much like his condemnations of white supremacy Trump's calls for peace are muted and his lack of action to control the riot says everything you need to know. Not to mention his violent language throughout the rest of his speech.

    You don't to scream that someone should be murdered, beaten, humiliated and imprisoned in one breath, then throw on "be nice about it" in the next. How does anyone still fall for Trump's lies?