After the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has permanently suspended his account, which had 88.7 million followers, citing “risk of further incitement of violence”.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?creatorScreenName=timothyjgraham&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1347684877634838528&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fsocial-media-giants-have-finally-confronted-trumps-lies-but-why-wait-until-there-was-a-riot-in-the-capitol-152820&siteScreenName=ConversationEDU&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px Facebook and Instagram had earlier locked Trump’s accounts — with 35.2 million followers and 24.5 million, respectively — for at least two weeks, the remainder of […]
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait until there was a riot in the Capitol?
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