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| The Verge: |
Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's @realDonaldTrump account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” — The president's preferred megaphone is gone — Twitter permanently banned President Donald Trump Friday days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol leaving four dead.
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| Twitter: |
Twitter describes how it decided to suspend Trump's account, specifying how two tweets were in violation of its Glorification of Violence Policy — After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Twitter and Facebook's ban on Trump is not censorship, and demanding clear rules for social media moderation is “stupid” because the context is always changing — When I started writing this post, it was about Facebook's decision to suspend Trump's account indefinitely …
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| Washington Post: |
In internal letter, ~350 Twitter employees asked leadership to permanently suspend Trump's account and investigate Twitter's role leading up to the insurrection — The suspension amounted to a historic rebuke for a president who had used the social-networking site to rise to political prominence.| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Twitter has taken down tweets from @POTUS in which Trump criticized his ban and suggested looking “at the possibilities of building out our own platform” — Tweets from @POTUS and @TeamTrump have been removed — Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump today.
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Tweets: @mcwm, @yusufdfi, @toddbarry, @zhbuchanan, @lindseypelas, and @jasonfebery
| NBC News: |
Twitter has banned the accounts of several Trump advisers, including Sidney Powell and Michael Flynn, for violating its ban on “Coordinated Harmful Activity” — Twitter on Friday removed the accounts of Michael Flynn, Sidney Powell and other high-profile supporters …
Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @brandyzadrozny, @oneunderscore__, @alkapdc, and @zaackhunt
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
| BuzzFeed News: |
Apple gives Parler 24 hours to institute a full moderation policy or face expulsion from the App Store, according to emails between the two companies — Apple has given Parler, the social network favored by conservatives and extremists, an ultimatum to implement a full moderation plan …
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| Shawna Chen / Axios: |
Google suspends Parler from the Play Store over moderation and enforcement policies, citing an “ongoing and urgent public safety threat” — Google has pulled Parler, a social media app for conservatives and far-right extremists, from its app store following the company's role in the deadly U.S. Capitol siege this week.
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Tweets: @viacristiano, @joshgerstein, @caseynewton, @nycsouthpaw, @daniel_rubino, @louiserawauthor, @danprimack, @foxcahn, @jamesrbuk, @sandofsky, @tldtoday, and @axios
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
YouTube terminated Steve Bannon's War Room podcast channel and one associated channel on Friday, after receiving three strikes for violating YouTube's rules — YouTube on Friday said it banned the channel of Steve Bannon's popular War Room podcast, after it repeatedly violated the Google-owned platform's rules.| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Analysis: Apple's App Store grossed an estimated $64B+ in 2020, up 28% from an estimated $50B in 2019 and $48.5B in 2018 — - Apple's App Store grossed more than $64 billion in 2020, according to an analysis by CNBC. — That's up from an estimated $50 billion in 2019 and $48.5 billion in 2018 …
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| Thomas Fabbri / BBC: |
Sex workers say Pornhub's defunding by Visa, Mastercard, and Discover is putting their livelihoods at risk and will not solve the problem of illegal content — Credit card giants Visa, Mastercard and Discover have blocked all payments to Pornhub, after the adult site was accused of being …
Tweets: @mylesjackman, @therealsirips, and @gingerbanks1
| New York Times: |
Dlive, a livestreaming platform that has attracted a far-right userbase, had a near record of 150K concurrent viewers on Wednesday, according to estimates — A site called Dlive, where rioters broadcast from the Capitol, is benefiting from the growing exodus of right-wing users from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.Sponsor Posts
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