Social media surged with responses after social media giants Facebook and Twitter temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump pursuing the US Capitol’s blockade by supporters.
The temptation came after the president disseminated a thread of erroneous and provocative tweets as his supporters raged the Capitol in an unusual undertaking to halt Congress from authorizing President-elect Joe Biden’s election triumph on Wednesday.
Twitter locked Trump’s account for 12 hours and asserted that the ban could be lengthened if many of his tweets that dismissed the election results and seemed to provoke violence were not erased. The company also asserted that the account would always be suspended if he begins again infringing Twitter’s policies against violent warnings and election misinformation.
Following Twitter, Facebook banned Trump from publishing on the social network 24 hours after discovering that he had overstepped the company’s rules with two posts.
While many thought that the play was long overdue and earned glee on social media, others thought it was too delayed.
8:54 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook lock Trump’s accounts, take down video of his message to supporters https://t.co/G3qBYVzuRA
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 7, 2021
9:02 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook lock Trump’s accounts, take down video of his message to supporters https://t.co/G3qBYVzuRA
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 7, 2021
9:04 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook lock Trump’s accounts, take down video of his message to supporters https://t.co/G3qBYVzuRA
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 7, 2021
8:51 AM · Jan 7, 2021
A little too late for that. The damage is done and they helped a little
— Carolini (@Carolini__Mlndz) January 7, 2021
7:50 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Twitter and Facebook have locked Trump’s account … about 5 years too late.
— Harry Godwyn (@harrygod) January 7, 2021
5:13 AM · Jan 7, 2021
.@jack@TwitterSupport @Twitter @Facebook @instagram
It’s time for you all to silence @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/7Xw1iyfJzw— kodiak149 (@kodiak149) January 6, 2021
7:42 AM · Jan 7, 2021
OH, WOW! Trump must be having such a bad day.
First, Twitter locked him out of his account for 12 hours. Now, Facebook just locked him out of his account, too, for 24 hours.
Kudos to the social media giants for showing Trump that his time’s up.
Time to leave the White House.🥳
— Francis Baraan IV (@MrFrankBaraan) January 7, 2021
While he was plugged out of Facebook and Twitter, several others similarly conveyed their skepticism over the president’s permit to nuclear warhead take-off procedures. Check it out here:
7:04 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Just a thought. But if Twitter has decided that Trump is unfit to tweet tonight, perhaps the Cabinet should consider whether he’s fit to retain control of the nuclear codes.
— Translate Trump (@TranslateRealDT) January 7, 2021
7:47 AM · Jan 7, 2021
It just blows my mind that Trump has been suspended on Twitter and Facebook…but leader of the free world / holder of the nuclear codes…that’s okay. pic.twitter.com/e86DXf0fZG
— Tim Slade (@sladetim) January 7, 2021
8:21 AM · Jan 7, 2021
The guy we don’t currently trust to be responsible with a Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram account still has access to the nuclear codes. We need Trump removed NOW.
— Misha Collins (@mishacollins) January 7, 2021
4:58 AM · Jan 7, 2021
Facebook taking down Trump’s posts, and Twitter stopping retweets of his posts. This is cutting off his oxygen and will turn Trump into a caged, wounded animal. @DeptofDefense MUST take away his access to the nuclear codes.
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) January 6, 2021
In accordance with the several reports, at least four people expired on the US Capitol grounds, and 52 people have been imprisoned after a mob tore down metal blockades at the bottom of the Capitol’s strides and quarrelled with the police.
