Platforms quickly eliminate Donald Trump’s account or accounts affiliated with pro-Trump violence and conspiracies, such as QAnon and #StoptheSteal.
Here is an ongoing list:
REDDIT:
- WHAT: Reddit has banned the “r / DonaldTrump” subreddit group, a spokesman for Axios confirmed on Friday.
- COMMENTS: “Site-wide Reddit policies prohibit content that promotes hatred or encourages, glorifies, incites, or calls for violence against groups of people or individuals. Accordingly, we have been proactively approaching moderators to remind them of our policies and offer support or resources as needed, ”a spokesman told Axios.
- CONTEXT: While not an official group or website that hosts the president, it is one of the company’s largest political communities dedicated to supporting President Trump.
TWITCH:
- WHAT: Twitch deactivated Trump’s channel, citing the move as a “necessary step” to protect his community and “prevent Twitch from being used to incite violence.”
- COMMENTS: “In view of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have deactivated President Trump’s Twitch channel. Given the current extraordinary circumstances and the President’s incendiary rhetoric, we believe this is a necessary step to protect our community and prevent Twitch be used to incite violence, ”a spokesman told Axios.
- CONTEXT: Twitch was one of the first platforms in June to temporarily ban the Trump channel for hateful content around Black Lives Matter protests over the summer.
TO BUY:
- WHAT: Shopify withdrew two online stores affiliated with Trump, his organization, and merchandise sites from his campaign, for violating its policies in support of violence.
- COMMENTS: “Shopify does not tolerate actions that invite violence. Based on recent events, we have determined that President Donald J. Trump’s actions violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits the promotion or support of organizations.” platforms or people who threaten or tolerate violence. As a result, we have canceled stores affiliated with President Trump. ” – said a spokesman The Financial Times.
- CONTEXT: Shopify had been until Friday the furthest from unleashing Trump, as its stores were permanently shut down and not temporarily shut down.
TWITTER:
- WHAT: Twitter announced Friday that the platform will definitely ban it President Trump’s account effective immediately.
- COMMENTS: “After a close review of the @realDonaldTrump and the context surrounding them, we have definitively suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement to violence, ”Twitter said in a statement.
- CONTEXT: It is Twitter’s strongest action against the president’s account and responds to the “risk of further incitement to violence,” according to the social media company.
GOOGLE:
- WHAT: Google has launched Parler, a social networking app for far-right conservatives and extremists.
- COMMENTS: “To protect the safety of users on Google Play, our long-term policies require that apps that display user-generated content have moderation policies and an application that removes blatant content such as posts that incite violence,” he said. say a Google spokesperson.
- CONTEXT: Google’s move immediately suspends Parler, going beyond Apple’s previous decision to withdraw the app unless it submitted a content moderation plan.
YOUTUBE:
- WHAT: YouTube is accelerating its enforcement of election misinformation and election fraud claims against Trump and other channels.
- COMMENTS: “Because of the extraordinary events that happened yesterday and given that the election results have been certified, now any channel that posts new videos with these false claims that violates our policies will receive a wake-up call, a penalty that restricts temporarily uploading or live streaming Channels that receive three wake-up calls in the same 90-day period will be permanently removed from YouTube, ”Alex Joseph, a YouTube spokesman, told Axios.
- CONTEXT: YouTube typically takes time to take action on inappropriate content and accounts. His response, though quick, was a bit benign compared to the competition that removed or deactivated Trump’s account. YouTube withdrew the video Trump posted Wednesday that dealt with Capitol violence without fully condemning it.
FACEBOOK:
- WHAT: Facebook banned Donald Trump from posting on his Facebook accounts for at least the next two weeks until the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden is completed.
- COMMENTS: “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, ”CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday.
- CONTEXT: On Wednesday, Facebook withdrew the video Trump posted Wednesday about the violence without fully condemning it before taking action against Trump on Thursday.
INSTAGRAM:
- WHAT: Instagram banned Donald Trump from posting on his Facebook accounts for at least the next two weeks until the transition of power to President-elect Joe Biden is completed.
- COMMENTS: “We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.
- CONTEXT: On Wednesday, Instagram’s father, Facebook, withdrew the video Trump posted about the violence without fully condemning it before taking action against Trump on Thursday.
SNAPCHAT:
- WHAT: Snapchat disabled Trump’s Snapchat account on Wednesday because he believes the account promotes and spreads hatred and incites violence, a spokesman said.
- COMMENTS: “We can confirm that today we blocked President Trump’s Snapchat account,” Snap spokeswoman Rachel Racusen told Axios.
- CONTEXT: Snapchat was one of the first major social platforms to take serious action on Trump’s account for threats to democracy in June, when the company said it stopped promoting its account in its “Discover” section, which includes professional content and other prominent people.
TICKETS:
- WHAT: TikTok removes content violations and redirects hashtags like #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty to their community guidelines.
- COMMENTS: “Behavior and hatred have no place in TikTok. Content or accounts that attempt to incite, glorify, or promote violence violate our community guidelines and will be removed,” a TikTok spokesman said.
- CONTEXT: Other hashtags like #stopthesteal and #QAnon have been redirected since last year.
APPLE:
- WHAT: Apple on Friday threatened to remove the Talking social networking app from its App Store, if no plan is put in place to moderate its content.
- COMMENTS: “We have received numerous complaints about nasty content on your Parler service, allegations that the Parler app was used to plan, coordinate and facilitate illegal activities in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 that resulted (among other things) loss of life, numerous injuries and destruction of property, “Apple wrote in an email to BuzzFeed News.” The app also appears to continue to be used to plan and facilitate even more illegal and dangerous activities. “.
- CONTEXT: Apple is flexing its power to try to get Parler to moderate its content.
DISORDERS:
- WHAT: Discord says he has banned server The Donald, as a journalist Casey Newton.
- COMMENTS: “While there is no evidence that the server was used to organize the January 6 riots, Discord decided to ban the entire server today because of its open connection to an online forum used to incite violence and to plan an armed insurrection in the United States “. for Mother Jones’ Ali Breland.
- CONTEXT: The Discord account was connected to the pro-Trump social network TheDonald.Win and the r / theDonald subreddit that was banned on Friday.
PINTEREST:
- WHAT: Pinterest has been limiting hashtags related to pro-Trump topics like #StopTheSteal since the November election, a spokesman said.
- COMMENTS: “Pinterest is not a place for threats, violence promotion or hateful content,” a Pinterest spokesman said. “Our team continues to monitor and remove harmful content, including misinformation and conspiracy theories that may incite violence.”
- CONTEXT: Trump doesn’t have a Pinterest account and the platform has tried to stay away from political content, but Pinterest hasn’t been able to erase it completely.
The summary: Trump is rapidly losing access to all platforms where he was once able to spread his message freely, but groups of his followers will still be able to gather online.