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PublishedJanuary 7, 2021
Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing Trump to use the platform is too great, following his incitement of a mob that later touched off a deadly riot in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2021
Twitter locks Trump’s account for 12 hours and warns he could be kicked off for good
Facebook follows, blocking the president's account, for the first time, for 24 hours for what it said were two policy violations.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2020
Twitter, Facebook transferring @POTUS accounts to Biden on inauguration day
The social media giants said the @POTUS handle and those for the White House, vice president and first lady will be transferred on Jan. 20.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Twitter, Facebook CEOs defend election safeguards, promise more
The CEOs of Twitter and Facebook promised Congress they would take action for two special elections in Georgia that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2020
Twitter says it flagged 300,000 tweets for election disinformation
The election turned out to be the most secure in U.S. history, federal and state officials from both parties say — repudiating Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
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PublishedOctober 28, 2020
Senators give social media CEOs an earful – and warn of new limits
The chief executives of Twitter, Facebook and Google promise to take needed measures as Republicans accuse them of anti-conservative bias and Democrats criticize hate speech and misinformation.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2020
Twitter tightens limits on candidates before Nov. 3 election
The rules restrict candidates from declaring premature victory and stiffens its measures against spreading misinformation, calling for political violence or spreading thoughtless commentary.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2020
Twitter to label or remove misleading claims on vote results
The policy goes into effect Sept. 17, a few weeks before the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2020
Trump wants Supreme Court to let him block critics on Twitter
A federal appeals court ruled last year that Trump uses the account to make daily pronouncements and observations that are overwhelmingly official in nature.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2020
Three charged in massive Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam
The July 15 attack compromised the accounts of some of the company's most high-profile users.
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