Hey y'all, this is Sansa Vetty.

This week, the role of tech in American democracy.

Alright, let's start the show.

Hey y'all, from NPR, you're listening to It's Been a Minute, I'm Sam Sanders.

And this episode, more on the fallout from this month's insurrection of the capital.

Today, we're going to focus on the internet and social media, where a lot of the pro-Trump

extremism behind the attack has flourished.

So I'm not sure if I can even remember what Twitter was like before Donald Trump.

But this month, I got a taste of that life again.

Trump left Twitter.

I mean, actually, Twitter kicked them off in the aftermath of the attack.

After warning for what seemed like all of Trump's presidency, Jack Dorsey finally did

it.

This set off a ripple effect.

A lot of other social media platforms did the same.

And it seems like these bands could be permanent.

These bands have already led to some big shifts in who talks where online.

And it's also led to some big questions about how it all might permanently change the

nature of the internet as we know it.

So to talk about all that's happened online since the capital siege, and what it means

for all of us going forward, I am joined now by two people who cover this stuff for a

living.

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