And other tech giants are lining up with incredible swiftness. Perhaps with Trump out the door and a Democratic Senate, they're less worried about being hauled before Congress for charges of "anti-conservative bias." Here's a rundown from The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/jan/08/donald-trump-capitol-impeachment-joe-biden-election-coronavirus-covid-live-updates?page=with:block-5ff8f9698f086b9a461f622f#block-5ff8f9698f086b9a461f622f):
* Facebook: Has blocked Trump’s account “indefinitely and at least for the next two weeks” until the end of his presidency. It said Friday a permanent ban is “likely but not definite.” * Apple: Issued an ultimatum to Parler, a conservative social media platform, that if it does not improve its content moderation policies in the next 24 hours it will be removed from the App store. * Reddit: Removed the subreddit r/DonaldTrump, a community of Trump supporters. It had already removed a more volatile community of Trump supporters under r/the_Donald in June 2020. * TikTok: Has blocked all hashtags associated with the January 6 march, including #stormthecapitol and #patriotparty (Trump does not have his own official TikTok account). * Twitch: For the next two weeks until the end of Trump’s term his channel with be disabled. The company did not say whether it will reinstate it after. * Shopify: Has stopped hosting stores that sell Trump merchandise Also, Google has removed Parler from its app store. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5306): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/5306 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79537946/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
