{"id":148842,"date":"2021-01-07T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-permanent-ban-amid-capitol-siege\/"},"modified":"2021-01-07T03:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:59:00","slug":"twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-permanent-ban-amid-capitol-siege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-permanent-ban-amid-capitol-siege\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Twitter locks Trump\u2019s account, threatens permanent ban amid Capitol siege"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a13e804ee9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a13e804ee9\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-permanent-ban-amid-capitol-siege\/#Social_media_companies_are_critical_of_Trump_but_CEOs_remain_mum\" >Social media companies are critical of Trump, but CEOs remain mum<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-locks-trumps-account-threatens-permanent-ban-amid-capitol-siege\/#Jon_Swartz\" >Jon Swartz<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> locks Trump\u2019s account, threatens permanent ban amid Capitol siege<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Social_media_companies_are_critical_of_Trump_but_CEOs_remain_mum\"><\/span>\n  Social media companies are critical of Trump, but CEOs remain mum<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000121008\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Social media companies condemned a video posted by President Donald Trump during a withering assault on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, prompting Twitter to lock his account for 12 hours and threaten to permanently ban it.<\/p>\n<p> Facebook and Alphabet excoriated the president but stopped short of saying they would boot him off their services. <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       The companies face increasing pressure from lawmakers and citizens for acting as digital megaphones for Trump\u2019s tweets and online videos, which have stoked violence and mayhem. One potential impact is reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a crucial internet law that protects social-media sites from being held liable for the content posted by their users. <\/p>\n<p>A Trump <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DonaldTrump\/videos\/206632651129429\" class=\"icon none\">video<\/a>, in which he professed \u201clove\u201d for a riotous mob that stormed the Capitol in protest of his electoral defeat, was liked more than 179,000 times on his Facebook profile. <\/p>\n<p>Facebook Inc.<br \/>\n        FB,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205064656\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.83%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       flagged the one-minute video for Trump\u2019s insistence that he won the 2020 election by a landslide, and was robbed of the presidency. It later removed the video from its platform, which reaches 2.7 billion active users monthly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an emergency situation and we are taking <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump\u2019s video,\u201d tweeted Guy Rosen, vice president of integrity at Facebook. \u201cWe removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe violent protests in the Capitol today are a disgrace,\u201d a Facebook spokesman told MarketWatch. \u201cWe prohibit incitement and calls for violence on our platform. We are actively reviewing and removing any content that breaks these rules.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The situation is even more complicated at Twitter Inc.<br \/>\n        TWTR,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203180645\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.15%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       where Trump has 88.7 million followers and his controversial video has been viewed 11.4 million times. Twitter, too, flagged the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" class=\"icon none\">video<\/a>. It blocked the video from being replied to, retweeted or liked \u201cdue to a risk of violence\u201d before removing it. <\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the removal of the video and two subsequent tweets pushed Trump to the brink of being booted from Twitter.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1346970432017031178\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       \u201cIn regard to the ongoing situation in Washington, D.C., we are working proactively to protect the health of the public conversation occurring on the service and will take action on any content that violates the Twitter Rules,\u201d Twitter said in a statement to MarketWatch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>But the company, like others, did not say if the president faces any disciplinary action for his tweets beyond flagging them.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Alphabet Inc.\u2019s<br \/>\n        GOOGL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202490156\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.99%<\/bg-quote><\/p>\n<p>        GOOG,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205453964\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.32%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       YouTube unit said it \u201cremoved a video posted this afternoon to Donald Trump\u2019s channel that violated our policies regarding content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Election. For reference, the video is labeled and still up on Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do allow copies of this video if uploaded with additional context and sufficient educational, documentary, scientific, or artistic (EDSA) value,\u201d the Google spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>Still, while the chief executives of Cisco Systems Inc.<br \/>\n        CSCO,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/209509471\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+0.95%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and International Business Machines Corp.<br \/>\n        IBM,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203856914\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.50%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       publicly castigated the mob in Washington, there was no word as of late Wednesday afternoon from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>In an internal post to employees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the riots a \u201cdark moment in our nation\u2019s history\u201d and \u201cpersonally saddened by this mob violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet weigh their options on what to do with Trump\u2019s incendiary social-media rants, some industry observers insist they have no choice but to ban his comments that reach millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been good arguments for private companies to not silence elected officials, but all those arguments are predicated on the protection of constitutional governance,\u201d tweeted Alex Stamos, Facebook\u2019s former chief security officer, who is a vocal critic of the company. \u201cTwitter and Facebook have to cut him off. There are no legitimate equities left and labeling won\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was still at it late Wednesday, with a tweet that some think may eventually force Twitter\u2019s hand. He said: \u201cThese are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously &amp; viciously s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped away from great patriots who have been badly &amp; unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love &amp; in peace. Remember this day forever!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter flagged and removed the tweet, which was posted around the same time a woman was declared dead from a shooting at the riot.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Jon Swartz\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jon_Swartz\"><\/span>Jon Swartz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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