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January 9, 2021, 9:40 AM

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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.
More: Bloomberg, CNBC, Axios, Business Insider, BuzzFeed News, New York Times, Politico, GeekWire, and MediaNama
Tweets: @twittersafety, @donaldjtrumpjr, @microsoft, @twittersafety, @yashar, @mtracey, @sarahnemerson, @jasonmillerindc, @hillaryclinton, @mattnavarra, @barronjohn1946, @faination, @noupside, @amlwhere, @zeynep, @sachabaroncohen, @lindseygrahamsc, @alexstamos, @sen_joemanchin, @jonathanvswan, @dave_brown24, @twittersafety, @twittersafety, @sachabaroncohen, @starbuxman, @donie, @zacksjerryrig, @davidbegnaud, @scottmonty, @daveweigel, @markdice, @pixelguff, @thestalwart, @ericgeller, @daveweigel, @merry123459, @scalzi, @sacca, @joshconstine, @selectedwisdom, @hunterwalk, @kurtwagner8, @waltmossberg, @aj, @oneunderscore__, @danprimack, @jonahdispatch, @teamtrump, @actually_tina, @nitashatiku, @jennifer, @thedweck, @caseynewton, @profgalloway, @bobbybigwheel, @clueheywood, @mikeisaac, @petersterne, @alexgaskarth, @iamwandasykes, @sahilkapur, @thedweck, @cjane87, @minal_hasan, @shannonrwatts, @kellymakena, @danprimack, @ugarles, @mmasnick, @k8em0, @daphnehk, @pareene, @mikeisaac, @gravelinstitute, @shaneharris, @pierce, @levie, @karaswisher, @jason, @joshconstine, @gcluley, @stevenbjohnson, @conor64, @alexrkonrad, @mr_berman, @sarafischer, @jamesrbuk, @ashleyfeinberg, @shannonpareil, @tomgara, @vijaya, @sarahfrier, @austen, @mattblaze, @repwilson, @m_feeney, @pierce, @adamserwer, @parkermolloy, @bcmerchant, @ashleyfeinberg, @staceyplaskett, @lsanger, @elienyc, @eliothiggins, @williamturton, @geoffreyfowler, @susan_hennessey, @brynneridley, @fboversight, @rmac18, @caseynewton, @chrislhayes, @trumpsalert, @zackwhittaker, @ditzkoff, @bobbybigwheel, @qhardy, @alexstamos, @kellymakena, @mjs_dc, @gabedelahaye, @markellislive, @sewellchan, @willoremus, @rmac18, @b_fung, @jamespindell, @m_feeney, @steve_vladeck, @joyannreid, @clarajeffery, @antoniogm, @samfbiddle, @briantylercohen, @adamparkhomenko, @levie, @glcarlstrom, @briannawu, @jpbrammer, @popehat, @davidklion, and @pwnallthethings
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Jay Peters / The Verge:
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
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.
Rest of World:
A look at Zameen, a Pakistani online real estate marketplace, estimated to initiate 70% of all sale and rental transactions in the country  —  In 15 years, the company went from a bland classified ads site to hosting two-thirds of all real estate transactions.  —  • KARACHI, PAKISTAN
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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