Can Twitter, Facebook, other social media companies boot Trump? Yes
Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump at least until Inauguration Day. Twitch and Snapchat also disabled Trump s accounts. To top it all off, Twitter ended a nearly 12-year run and shuttered his account
Associated Press | January 11, 2021 | Updated 10:10 IST
US President Donald Trump
Social media companies decided this past week they had finally seen enough from President Donald Trump.
Facebook and Instagram suspended Trump at least until Inauguration Day. Twitch and Snapchat also disabled Trump s accounts. To top it all off, Twitter ended a nearly 12-year run and shuttered his account, severing an instant line of communication to his 89 million followers.
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A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump on a smartphone and the White House in Washington, US, January 8, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Illustration
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After the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has permanently suspended his account, which had 88.7 million followers, citing ârisk of further incitement of violenceâ.