Facebook , along withTwitter , should ban PresidentDonald Trump , Alex Stamos, a former Facebook security chief, tweeted Wednesday.- After pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, Trump released a video on social media where he spouted baseless claims about election fraud, including that he won in a "landslide."
- The platforms removed the videos, but critics, including Stamos, say this action isn't enough and have called for Trump's permanent suspension from Facebook and Twitter.
- Free expression is "critical to democracy," but the speech of democratic actors can be "extremely dangerous," Stamos said.
Social media platforms should ban President Donald Trump, said Alex Stamos, a former Facebook security chief, on Wednesday after pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol.
He made the comments in a said in a $4, adding that warning labels to posts made by Trump isn't enough. "Twitter and Facebook have to cut him off," he wrote.
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Social media platforms $4 for allowing misinformation related to the presidential election, including from Trump, to spread.
Congress met on Wednesday to certify the result of the US presidential election. Urged on by Trump's violent rhetoric and claims of election fraud, $4. Four people$4one was $4 and three others suffered fatal $4.
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After the violence erupted on Wednesday, Trump released a video on $4, $4 and $4 where he told rioters to go home. However, he also spouted baseless claims about election fraud, including that he won in a landslide.
All three platforms removed the videos.
YouTube said it violated its$4. A Facebook executive said the company believes the video $4
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Twitter originally attached a warning label to the video and prevented users from liking or retweeting "due to a risk of violence." It also said the claims made in the video were disputed. Later that day, the tweet, alongside two others, $4, before being $4.
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"Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account," $4.
Removing Trump from the platforms would mean he would turn to other websites, Stamos said, "but at least the damage he does would be more contained."
He noted that free expression is "critical to democracy," but the speech of democratic actors can be "extremely dangerous."
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen joined the calls for Trump to be permanently removed from the platforms, saying $4
Tesla and SpaceX CEO $4 over Wednesday's riots in the Capitol, while former Twitter investor Chris Sacca told Twitter CEO
"For four years you've rationalized this terror," Sacca tweeted. "Inciting violent treason is not a free speech exercise."