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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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| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
Zuckerberg says Facebook is extending the block it has placed on Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks” — The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining …
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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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| 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, @alkapdc, @oneunderscore__, @oneunderscore__, @libshipwreck, @alkapdc, @alkapdc, and @kyledcheney
| 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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New York Times, Engadget, The Verge, Input, Business Insider, USA Today, MakeUseOf, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @sarafischer, @rgoodlaw, @calamur, @jamesrbuk, @carljackmiller, @kailijoy, @meganromer, @tekaldas, and @alexnazaryan
| 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 …
| 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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Tweets: @caseynewton, @caitlin__kelly, @dreamcastguy, @slasher, @iansherr, @cestegman, and @mikebutcher
| 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, @sandofsky, @nycsouthpaw, @daniel_rubino, @danprimack, @foxcahn, @jamesrbuk, and @tldtoday
| 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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| 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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DLive Community, Wired, and Input
Tweets: @mitchprothero, @splcenter, @michaelehayden, @taylorlorenz, and @megansquire0
| Emma Woollacott / Forbes: |
UK High Court rules that security services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single “general warrant” — After five years of legal wrangling, the UK High Court has ruled that the security and intelligence services cannot search the computers …
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Privacy International and ComputerWeekly.com
Tweets: @privacyint, @edri, @libertyhq, and @snowden
| 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 — The ban comes as social platforms have cracked down on misinformation and content that could incite violence following the storming of the Capitol.
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