President Trump
Donald TrumpHouse GOP Leader Tells Members To Stop Spreading Riot Lies, Antifa DC Attorney General Says Trump Organization Falsely Paid K Bill Accrued During Inauguration 70K Q Anon Twitter Accounts suspended after the MORE uprising in the Capitol took a swing on social media platforms Tuesday after the tech giants’ decision last week to ban the president’s accounts over his comments about a crowd of his supporters storming the Capitol in a deadly riot.
“I think Big Tech is doing a terrible thing for our country and for our country and I think it’s going to be a disastrous mistake for them,” Trump told reporters.
He accused the companies of being “divisive” and said it is “very, very bad for our country.”
Twitter, Trump’s most used social media account, permanently banned Trump from his platform last week. The company said Trump’s posts “pose the risk of further incitement to violence,” noting that the platform had seen plans for further armed action in the Capitol and state capital buildings leading up to the president-elect. Joe Biden
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Facebook hasn’t gone as far as Twitter yet. The platform banned Trump’s account indefinitely, at least until Biden’s inauguration, with Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg Facebook says it is now removing content containing the phrase ‘Stop the Steal’. Facebooks Sandberg Claims Capitol Riots Are Hosted Primarily On Other Social Media Platforms Hillicon Valley: Twitter Permanently Suspends Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell & Others | Laptop stolen from Pelosi’s office during Capitol riots | Reddit bans r / DonaldTrump forum MORE saying the “the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this time are simply too great. “
Along with Twitter and Facebook, mainstream social media platforms, including Reddit, Snapchat and YouTube, took widespread action last week to ban or restrict the president after Washington rioters violated Capitol security and forced lawmakers, media, and staff to be evacuated from conference rooms. to secret locations.
The attacks killed five people, including a Capitol police officer who suffered head injuries before his death.
Before Twitter and Facebook suspended Trump, they were among the platforms that removed the video of the president posted after the riot in which he continued to spread misinformation about election fraud.
It was the most powerful action the platforms had taken against the president. Previously, some of Trump’s posts had been tagged, but he largely avoided removal and suspensions for violating the platforms’ policies due to his position as a public figure.
Trump held a rally shortly before the attack where he called on his supporters to march to the Capitol while continuing to repeat false claims of widespread voter fraud that he said had tainted the 2020 presidential election.
The comments have become the basis for an article of impeachment against him stating that the president has committed serious crimes and crimes by “deliberately inciting violence against the United States government.”
Trump on Tuesday defended his comments to supporters as “perfectly appropriate.”
“They have my speech and my words and my last paragraph, my last sentence, and everyone, against the T, thought it was perfectly appropriate,” Trump told reporters.
However, while mainstream social media platforms are cracking down on such content, Trump supporters are using fringe platforms to post about future demonstrations that experts warn could turn violent. Reports have indicated that the potentially violent events could take place on January 17 and January 20.