Trump ousted from various social media platforms

[Sukla Sen]

*Trump ousted from various social media platforms.*

The failed insurrection severely backfires.

For a thumbnail sketch of the insurgents: <https://www.bbc.com/news/55572805>.

How about those in India, programmatically, propagating hatred and instigating violence, by way of spreading fake news etc???

Or instead those fighting for amity and higher values would continue to be targeted???

<<US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter "due to the risk of further incitement of violence", the company says.

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Former First Lady Michelle Obama tweeted on Thursday that the Silicon Valley giants should stop enabling Mr Trump's "monstrous behaviour" and permanently expel him.

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Mr Trump was locked out of his account for 12 hours on Wednesday after he called the people who stormed the US Capitol "patriots".

Hundreds of his supporters entered the complex as the US Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election. The ensuing violence led to the deaths of four civilians and a police officer.

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Earlier on Friday, Twitter permanently banned two Trump loyalists: former national security adviser Michael Flynn and attorney Sidney Powell.

Later in the day, Google suspended Parler - a self-styled "free speech" rival to Twitter that is increasingly popular with Trump supporters - from its online store.

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On Thursday, Facebook said it had suspended Mr Trump "indefinitely". The popular gaming platform Twitch also placed an indefinite ban on the outgoing president's channel, which he has used for rally broadcasts. So has Snapchat.

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Two online Trump memorabilia stores were closed this week by e-commerce company Shopify. On Friday, Reddit banned its "donaldtrump" forum for the president's supporters.

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Mr Trump used Twitter to insult adversaries, cheer allies, fire officials, deny "fake news" and vent grievances, often using all capital letters and exclamation marks to underline his point.>>

(Excerpted from: <https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55597840>.)

Sukla