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Four years of propaganda : Trump social media bans come too late, experts say
Platforms have long let his dangerous posts stand – and researchers say the Capitol attack is ‘exactly what we expected’
Security forces respond with teargas after a mob of Trump supporters breached the US Capitol on Wednesday. Photograph: Probal Rashid/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Security forces respond with teargas after a mob of Trump supporters breached the US Capitol on Wednesday. Photograph: Probal Rashid/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock
Fri 8 Jan 2021 01.00 EST
Last modified on Fri 8 Jan 2021 12.08 EST
In the 24 hours since the US Capitol in Washington was seized by a Trump-supporting mob disputing the results of the 2020 election, American social media companies have barred the president from their platforms for spreading falsehoods and inciting the crowd.
Faculty and researchers at the Harvard Kennedy Schoolâs Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy said the role of digital platforms in catalyzing the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol Wednesday exposed an acute need for media accountability.
The rioters used digital platforms including Parler, Telegram, and a pro-Trump website named TheDonald, among others, to plan the events Wednesday afternoon, which left four dead and scores arrested.
Following the Capitol storming, both Facebook and Twitter locked President Donald J. Trumpâs accounts â with Facebookâs ban lasting at least for the rest of his presidency and Twitterâs for 12 hours. Three of Trumpâs tweets marked ârepeated and severe violationsâ of the companyâs Civic Integrity policy, according to a post by Twitter Safety.