Mitch McConnell in a major denunciation of Donald Trump said Tuesday that the president was responsible for provoking those involved in the deadly Capitol storming.
Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google are facing mounting pressure from lawmakers, activists and civil rights groups to enact tougher policies and more forcefully purge misleading content and accounts – including the ones held by President Donald Trump – after a mob of pro-Trump protesters stormed the US Capitol.
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Facebook, Twitter, Google under pressure to ban Trump on all social media platforms
Though social networks have taken aggressive steps to muzzle Trump, civil rights groups and lawmakers say they have allowed misleading content to proliferate for too long. Text Size:
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San Francisco: Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are facing mounting pressure from lawmakers, activists and civil rights groups to enact tougher policies and more forcefully purge misleading content and accounts including the ones held by President Donald Trump after a mob of pro-Trump protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Coinciding with the imminent shift of power in Washington to the Democrats, social networks have taken their most aggressive steps yet to muzzle Trump over the last two days. But civil rights groups and lawmakers say the internet companies allowed misleading content to proliferate for too long, resulting in dangerous and deadly consequences.