From the first post of 2017, on the day of his inauguration as president of the United States of America, until the last post, where he announced that he would not attend the inauguration of his successor, Donald's personal account Trump on Twitter has served as the official platform of the president. At the moment, he no longer owns this account either, which has generally served as his favorite megaphone.
Twitter suspended Trump's account citing "the risk of further incitement to violence." The account will be locked indefinitely. His departure from Twitter is being seen as a symbolic censorship of a president who spread lies and resentment, incited protests and violence .
Facebook has also blocked Trump's account for at least two weeks making him unable to access his personal account for the rest of his term.
The blocking by Twitter angered his supporters, who have long accused social media platforms of bias. Donald Trump Jr., his eldest son, condemned the decision and said free speech is dead in America.
In a White House statement, Trump said:
"I predicted that this would happen. We have negotiated with various other sites and we will have a big announcement soon and we also see the possibilities of building our platform in the near future. ”
Senator Mark Warner, the next chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, described Twitter's decision as a "belated step" and said the problem of online misinformation and extremism was "much bigger than one person." "It is a whole ecosystem that allows misinformation and hatred to spread and not be controlled," he wrote.
Burimet: Guardian, Reuters
