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How Silicon Valley banished Donald Trump in 48 hours

. After years of grappling with how to deal with Trump's provocative behavior on its platform, Facebook's move that Thursday was surprisingly swift and decisive.

The actions taken by the internet companies in the days that followed the Capitol siege are sure to be studied and analyzed for years to come. And the justifications of the crackdown are already provoking a heated debate about the concentration of power in the tech industry and the role of social media as a platform for public discourse.

"There's a real aversion to removing people from the platform," a source close to Twitter said. "The company never really had to wrestle with this until the last four years."

 

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cloudpundit Why is this being celebrated. This is an attack on free speech. We all should be concerned. When Anybody has this much power, it is a threat to Democracy.

They've shown their colours .They've played their hand. It's no longer 'hidden'. We can see. The world is watching !!

SAI '...and how that helps them with the new government.'

techinsider time to force the US government to get involved in private businesses because we don't personally like the way they're run

mihu23 ... but only a couple of days before he left office, when it was safe for them 🙄

It's not a swamp it's a ocean.

techinsider They don’t even know why they’ve banned him.

Reminds me of.....

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