{"id":68646,"date":"2021-05-07T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68646"},"modified":"2021-05-07T21:04:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:04:39","slug":"twitter-suspends-accounts-skirting-trump-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=68646","title":{"rendered":"Twitter suspends accounts skirting Trump ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-68647 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/twweter-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1004\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/twweter-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/twweter-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/twweter.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/>News Desk: Twitter on Thursday confirmed that it pulled the plug on several accounts trying to skirt its ban on former president Donald Trump by promoting his blog posts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The ex-president launched a page on his website earlier this week promising comment \u201cstraight from the desk of Donald J Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The page was made public just before Facebook\u2019s independent oversight board on Wednesday upheld the platform\u2019s ban on Trump.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Twitter accounts with names playing on Trump themes and seeking to amplify the Trump website posts were taken offline, according to the platform.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cAs stated in our ban evasion policy, we\u2019ll take enforcement action on accounts whose apparent intent is to replace or promote content affiliated with a suspended account,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Twitter said it permanently suspended Trump\u2019s account after the deadly January 6 Capitol riot because there was a risk he would further incite violence, following months of tweets disputing Joe Biden\u2019s presidential election victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">False and misleading claims about American politics have plummeted, a trend for which Twitter and Facebook are keen to take credit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With Trump muted, Biden less engaged on social media, and no election cycle underway, Americans are now living in a different media ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cThe single most important thing was de-platforming Donald Trump,\u201d said Russell Muirhead, a Dartmouth University professor and co-author of \u201cA Lot of People Are Saying,\u201d a book whose title plays on one of Trump\u2019s most popular sayings, used when promoting unproven theories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIt has removed a daily blizzard of misinformation from the ecosystem,\u201d Muirhead told AFP. \u201cNot being bombarded is helping people\u2019s misinformation immune systems to reset themselves and recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Social media was long Trump\u2019s weapon of choice, letting him fire off comments without having to explain or back claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Desk: Twitter on Thursday confirmed that it pulled the plug on several accounts trying to skirt its ban on former president Donald Trump by promoting his blog posts. 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