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From Twitter to Parler: platforms’ response to the insurrection

Recode Daily

Recode

Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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The platforms have finally stopped the President from posting on social media. Plus, why the largely unmoderated, conservative friendly platform is back in the news following insurrection at the Capitol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

In December 2020, a Latino couple was falsely accused by a white momfluencer of attempting to kidnap her children.

0:07.0

The Karen phenomenon where white women falsely accuse people of color of crimes usually fixates on the

0:13.5

accuser the so-called Karen. But for this series we focus on the

0:17.2

innocent couple at the heart of this story. I just want the public to know

0:21.9

what she did was wrong.

0:24.0

In Perfect Paradise People versus Karen.

0:26.3

Available now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.6

Last week Twitter finally blocked the account of Donald Trump and over the weekend

0:39.2

dozens of other platforms followed suit.

0:42.8

He's not left with many places to communicate online,

0:46.4

but there are a few and here to talk about it

0:48.2

is Recoza, Rebecca.

0:50.2

Hey Rebecca. Hey, so we're recording this Monday afternoon, but just tell me how many platforms as of right now have banned the President of the United States?

0:57.6

So I don't think we have an official count, but a lot of them have and some that you maybe haven't expected.

1:05.0

So obviously there was Facebook and Twitter which have both suspended the president,

1:09.5

but we also saw Reddit take down a Donald Trump page.

1:12.7

Twitch also removed him.

1:15.5

We've also seen actions taken from sites like Shopify.

1:19.0

So it's been a wide range of platforms.

1:21.8

I don't think that this necessarily means that every single one is having as big

1:25.2

of an impact as a site like Twitter or Facebook, but they signal that there is this kind of consensus

1:30.3

among these tech platforms that essentially the president should be

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