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.