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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: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday January 10 2021, @10:14PM (6 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Sunday January 10 2021, @10:14PM (#1097983) Homepage Journal

    Erm, no, it's being caused by a private company. There's a difference.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @12:04AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 11 2021, @12:04AM (#1098025)

    So you take personal responsibility for the problems caused by SN? I demand an immediate revocation of all IP bans and removal of all content filters infringing on our right to post lame comments!

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday January 11 2021, @03:46AM (4 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Monday January 11 2021, @03:46AM (#1098109) Homepage Journal

      Post all the lameness you like. The filters only get created when you start spamming them.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @01:43AM (3 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @01:43AM (#1098709)

        It is my right to post whatever I'd like, keep pretending your censorship is somehow not censorship just because you think it is a good thing. Words have meaning smart guy.

        • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday January 12 2021, @02:47PM (2 children)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday January 12 2021, @02:47PM (#1098858) Homepage Journal

          Post whatever you like, just don't post the same thing over and over. That ain't conversation, that's either advertising or propaganda.

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          • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @10:37PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 12 2021, @10:37PM (#1099126)

            This is a public square, and each story is a diferent telephone poll. If I want to post my message to every board that is my right, and even if I want to generate more exposure by re-posting the same point in reply to multiple comments that is also my right. You're just a typical leftist authoritarian censoring content you do not agree with.