Shortly after Twitter banned the president, he posted to the platform using the account, which will be transferred to Biden when he assumes office, but Twitter nearly immediately removed the posts. Gab, a platform with similar right-wing ties, has also attempted to court users angered by Twitter's decision to remove the president. In the wake of this week's insurrection at the Capitol, a growing number of conservatives have announced they're jumping ship to Parler, the platform that has been called a right-wing alternative to Twitter, either protesting the president's ban or fearing they'll too be barred from the social network. on Saturday also encouraged his followers to sign up for his email blasts so they could follow where he ends up should Twitter ban him for violating its policies, too. Democrats have also taken issue with the law, as Insider previously reported, as they believe it affords tech giants like Google, Twitter, and Facebook, too great of protections from the content hosted on their platforms. GOP lawmakers have claimed that the law leads to tech companies' censorship of conservatives. "After close review of recent Tweets from account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence," the company said in a statement Friday night.ĭespite claims by the president's allies, his bans from platforms like Facebook and Twitter do not violate the First Amendment or other US law, as Insider previously noted. There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the election, and Trump and his allies weren't able to substantiate the claim during the months he refused to concede his loss.
Prior to the January 6 insurrection, Trump had encouraged his Twitter followers to come to Washington, DC, as part of the "Stop the Steal" movement, which baselessly alleges Trump's loss to President-elect Joe Biden was the result of widespread voter fraud. The ban followed Wednesday's deadly insurrection at the US Capitol where supporters of the president stormed the building while lawmakers were meeting to discuss the certification of the Electoral College vote. Twitter on Friday evening said the president, who during his administration used Twitter as his primary way to communicate with Americans, had been permanently banned from tweeting. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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