Deprived of his major online megaphones, Donald Trump is seeking alternative ways to spread his messages in his last days in the White House.
After Twitter, Facebook and Instagram shut the president off for inciting rebellion in the aftermath of the Washington riot, Mr Trump’s main options appear to have much smaller reach.
Chief among them is the far right-friendly Parler though Google and Apple have both removed it from their app stores and Amazon decided to boot it off its web hosting service.
Mr Trump may launch his own platform. But that will not happen overnight, and free speech experts anticipate growing pressure on all social media platforms to curb incendiary speech as Americans take stock of Wednesday’s violent takeover of the US Capitol by a Trump-incited mob.
»Squelched by Twitter, Trump Desperately Looking for New Social Media Platform, May Pop Up on Parler
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Squelched by Twitter, Trump Desperately Looking for New Social Media Platform, May Pop Up on Parler
A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump on a smartphone and the White House in Washington, U.S., January 8, 2021. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach, led by the far right-friendly Parler even if Google removed it from its app store Friday and Apple threatened the same.
Though deprived of his big online megaphones, Trump does have alternative options of much smaller reach. The far right-friendly Parler may be the leading candidate, though Google and Apple have both removed it from their app stores and Amazon decided to boot it off its web hosting service.
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One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code after Twitter and Facebook squelched the president for inciting rebellion.