Idaho ISP Blocks Social Media Companies After Trump Bans
YourT1Wifi, which operates in Northern Idaho, is allowing customers to request that access to Facebook and Twitter be blocked following the widespread bans against President Trump on the platforms last Friday. by Greg Mason, The Spokesman-Review / January 12, 2021 Shutterstock/rafapress
(TNS) A North Idaho Internet service provider is blocking access to Facebook and Twitter for customers upon request in response to claims of censorship after President Donald Trump s accounts were suspended on both platforms.
Twitter suspended Trump s account Friday, a day after indefinite suspensions of Trump s Facebook and Instagram accounts were announced in the name of promoting a peaceful transition to President-elect Joe Biden.
A North Idaho internet provider, Your T1 WIFI, confirmed it is blocking Facebook and Twitter from its WIFI service for some customers due to censorship claims. Your T1 WIFI provides internet services to North Idaho and the Spokane area. The move comes after Twitter and Facebook banned President Trump from their platforms due to incitement of violence and undermining the transition of power to President elect Joe Biden. The social media sites.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the man who led the repeal of net neutrality protections. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
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Responding to the public backlash over Twitter and Facebook’s decision to boot Trump from their platforms, an internet service provider in rural Idaho, USA told customers that it would block the popular social media networks by default. But that decision sparked a separate mini-backlash, and the company is now reportedly only blocking the sites for customers by request.