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Twitter says it is banning President Donald Trump from its platform, citing “risk of further incitement of violence.”
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Facebook and Instagram earlier suspended Trump's account for at least two weeks.
In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, calls are mounting for Facebook and other social platforms to suspend President Donald Trump’s access to social media — permanently.
Twitter banned US President Donald Trump’s account on Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence”. The social media platform has been under growing pressure to take further action against Mr Trump following Wednesday’s deadly insurrection at the US Capitol. Twitter initially suspended Mr Trump’s account for 12 hours after he posted a video that repeated false claims about election fraud and praised the rioters who stormed the Capitol. A statement posted on Twitter’s blog said it had “made it clear” previously that the President’s account was “not above our ...
Social networks are still struggling to slow the spread of online lies.