Trump’s vision of a divided society

After the alternative facts, is the alternative Internet coming?

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The storming of the US Capitol by supporters of the elected President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 was a turning point for American democracy. What happened in the days that followed, one for the Internet too. Because the elected US President was banned from the major social media services. Twitter argued that their account had been “permanently banned due to the risk of further incitement to violence”. Twitter was Trump’s main platform. He was able to address his followers directly through them. Its audience of millions (on …

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  January 06, 2022
  

  7.45 p.m.
  
  

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