Twitter Shares Fall 7% Following Permanent Trump Ban

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Twitter Shares Fall 7% Following Permanent Trump Ban


The company confirmed its decision in a blog post on Friday, saying Trump's tweets breached policies by risking incitement to violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital last week. It's a watershed moment for technology platforms that have faced conflicting pressures on one hand to restrict misinformation and hate speech, and defend free speech on the other. Twitter was Trump's preferred channel for amplifying attacks on his rivals, spreading conspiracies and provoking other nations during his four years in power

 

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Twitter Shares Fall 7% Following Permanent Trump Ban


The company confirmed its decision in a blog post on Friday, saying Trump's tweets breached policies by risking incitement to violence. It cited his posts on the riots in the U.S. capital last week. It's a watershed moment for technology platforms that have faced conflicting pressures on one hand to restrict misinformation and hate speech, and defend free speech on the other. Twitter was Trump's preferred channel for amplifying attacks on his rivals, spreading conspiracies and provoking other nations during his four years in power

It’s better than all the regulations they would catch

 

[Shogun]

They'll be fine.

 

[Loose]

They'll be fine.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Up 1% in premarket trading

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Im not even really sure this is about Trump. There's going to be some sort of reckoning coming with regulations on tech companies after the Capitol riots and with dems in office.

 

[EndDomination]

Im not even really sure this is about Trump. There's going to be some sort of reckoning coming with regulations on tech companies after the Capitol riots and with dems in office.

There should have been one a long time ago.

But anti-trust action is not the only thing that is necessary - I love the ides of public control of tech software - even though the right-wing here in the United States has shown complete incompetence

 

[the cac mamba]

Im not even really sure this is about Trump. There's going to be some sort of reckoning coming with regulations on tech companies after the Capitol riots and with dems in office.

what do you mean, with dems in office? republicans are the ones crying about big tech but they dont have any power

 

[banner34]

Twitter will probably drop under $40 soon.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

what do you mean, with dems in office? republicans are the ones crying about big tech but they dont have any power

Dems have never met a reg they didnt like.