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Social media platforms banning or restricting Donald Trump in wake of US Capitol violence
After 12 years, almost 47,000 original tweets and amassing 89 million followers, US President Donald Trump has been kicked off Twitter.
Trump was banned from his favoured social media platform in the wake of a violent mob storming the US Capitol.
Social media heavyweights such as Facebook and Instagram have followed suit in an attempt to curb incendiary speech.
Here are the online platforms that have either banned or restricted harmful speech, and where the US President might look next in his search for a new megaphone.
Twitter has permanently suspended Trump’s account, citing the “risk of further incitement of violence”, following the riot at the Capitol that left a police officer and several others dead.
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