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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Discord bans pro-Trump server “The Donald” because of “its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence and plan an armed insurrection” — The server had connections to the banned r/The_Donald subreddit — Discord has banned a server called “The Donald …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Reddit bans one of its largest Trump supporting subreddits, r/donaldtrump, due to repeated policy violations with regard to the violence at the Capitol — Reddit has banned the subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump,” a spokesperson confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: While not an official group …
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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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| 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.
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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 …
| 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 … | 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.| 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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Facebook: Dan Bongino on Facebook Watch. Tweets: @slpng_giants, @karissabe, @briantylercohen, @antoniogm, @hacks4pancakes, @aoc, @aoc, @slpng_giants, @rdrv3, @karissabe, @yashar, @danielpunkass, @nxthompson, @jamesrbuk, @alexeheath, @migueldeicaza, @rhappe, @malwarejake, @alecstapp, @sohmer, @jmatthiasford, @jendudley, @evelyndouek, @tmprowell, @coreyreynoldsla, @alexeheath, @joshuatopolsky, @alicehill, @joshuatopolsky, @latinousa, @karaswisher, @jacknicas, @breenewsome, @waltlightshed, @realcandaceo, @junkscience, @hacks4pancakes, @malwarejake, @charles_gaba, @mgsiegler, @realcandaceo, @parscale, @jamesrbuk, @margaretsimons, @amuse, @chuckrossdc, @ashindestad, @caseynewton, and @chillmage
| 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, @danprimack, @foxcahn, @jamesrbuk, @sandofsky, @tldtoday, and @axios
| 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.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Roku has acquired global rights for Quibi content, sources say for less than $100M, and will make it available free to stream in 2021 on the Roku Channel — Maker of the biggest U.S. streaming video-player plans to put the content in its ad-supported channel
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Roku Blog, Ars Technica, Deadline, Variety, Business Wire, New York Post, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @jbflint, @peterfacinelli, @trengriffin, @lanceulanoff, @harrymccracken, @castingnetworks, @greengart, @xpangler, and @nongaap
| 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.
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The Independent, Daily Mail, The Wrap, New York Post, and Media Matters for America. Tweets: @danielchaitin7
| Emma Woollacott / Forbes: |
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