Online Election Misinformation Dropped a Whopping 73 Percent After Trump Was Kicked Off Social Media [View all]
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President Donald Trump lost one of his favorite methods of communication when Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms banned him for inciting violence and spreading misinformation and now a research firm has quantified just how substantial the Trumpian misinformation really was.
According to a report by the Washington Post, Zignal Labs found that online misinformation about the 2020 election plummeted a stunning 73 percent after Trumps digital excommunication.
Twitter confirmed this week that the ban on Trumps account will continue after he leaves office on January 20. So far, Facebook has said that Trumps suspension is indefinite, not committing either way to a permanent ban or eventual restoration. Trump and the accounts of his campaign and some top advisers were also suspended from Instagram, Snapchat, Spotify, Shopify, Pinterest, and several other platforms.
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