Pressure mounts on social platforms to ban Trump for good
(WorldNews Business)

In the wake of Wednesday`s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, calls are mounting for Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms to suspend President Donald Trump`s access to social media — permanently. Facebook and Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, on Thursday suspended Trump`s account for at least two weeks, and possibly indefinitely. Twitter, however, merely revoked Trump`s posting privileges for 12 hours after he posted a video that repeated false claims about election fraud and praised the rioters who stormed the Capitol. On Friday, the company permanently banned two Trump loyalists — former national security adviser Michael Flynn and attorney Sidney Powell — as part of a...