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Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

01/09/2021

PBS News Hour

Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

Clip: 1/9/2021 | 12m 53sVideo has Closed Captions

Twitter, FB have deplatformed Trump. Is it enough?

Facebook and Twitter suspended President Trump’s accounts after the violence on Capitol Hill, on January 6, in a bid to prevent him from inciting further violence. Joan Donovan, research director at Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy joins to discuss what lawmakers and companies need to do to address the weaponization of social media and disinformation.

01/09/2021

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