The decision of the CEO and founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg And Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Block (some temporarily and some permanently) the accounts of the President of the United States Donald Trump It is a necessary decision in light of recent events in the country, including the riots on Capitol Hill, which resulted in the deaths of five people, including a police officer.
Trump supporters broke into Congress and clashed with police (Photo: Social Networks)
This is a decision that should have been made a long time ago, given the fact that the president, who in a sense owes part of his tenure (and some would argue that they were also elected to office in the first place) to social networks, has been flirting for some time with the laws. However, at this point, less than two weeks before the end of Trump’s tenure, it may have been enough to block him for a few days and not completely as they did on Twitter.
The change in policy was gradual, and quite necessary during this period, mainly due to the “Russian involvement in the US presidential election”, also known as the “Russia Gate”. “Crossed” by U.S. authorities.
Donald Trump’s blocked account (Photo: Twitter screenshot)Trump’s “affair” with social networks in general, and Twitter in particular, was so significant that shortly after he was elected president, one of the Twitter founders was quoted in an interview as saying he regretted that Twitter had, in a sense, aided his victory. More than once, the outgoing president has chosen to use social networks to address citizens directly, instead of doing so through the institutionalized media, which he has repeatedly attacked throughout his tenure. Among other things, over the past four years he has fired a number of people or announced appointments in a tweet he sent, and among those fired via Twitter – senior government officials can be found, including ministers and security officials.
As mentioned, throughout most of his tenure, social media has been quite patient with the storms caused by the president’s tweets, but the situation began to unravel about two months ago – when they began to label his posts as containing misguided and harmful information, alongside referring to reliable information. I estimate that Trump, who has meanwhile managed to open a telegram channel, will not give up. In any case, the decision could have been more significant if it had been made at an early stage of the priesthood, where there was a danger that Trump would take moves that would hurt (or at least make it difficult on social media).