Facebook Bans Trump While ‘Trump’s Internet’ Celebrates Insurrection

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On Thursday, Facebook announced it banned President Donald Trump from posting on its platform and on Instagram for at least the next two weeks. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the risks of allowing Trump to post "are simply too great" after the president posted a video calling violent insurrectionists "very special" as they rioted on Capitol Hill. Many see the bans as too little, too late, after years of allowing Trump to spread lies, conspiracy theories and disinformation online that fueled a base of extremist supporters. In her piece “Trump’s Internet is Celebrating” for The Atlantic, Kaitlyn Tiffany writes that the insurrectionists, known as the #StopTheSteal movement online, did exactly what they’d promised to do for months and are gleeful over yesterday’s riots. We’ll talk to Tiffany about how Trump’s attempted coup was born online and where social media companies go from here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3	Facebook yesterday announced to ban Trump from posting on its platform and on Instagram,
0:52.3	at least through the transfer of power January
0:54.8	20th.
0:55.8	CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the risks of allowing Trump to post, quote, are simply too great
1:00.8	after the president's video calling violent insurrectionists very special as they terrorized
1:05.6	Capitol Hill.
1:06.8	But many see the bans as too little too late after years of allowing Trump to spread lies, conspiracy theories, and disinformation online that fueled extremist groups.
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