Capitol Hill siege: Twitter bans Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell
(World News Science)

Twitter has banned President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and pro-Trump attorney Sidney Powell as part of a purge of QAnon accounts following the storming of the US Capitol by a mob of violent Trump supporters. Social media companies have been under intensified pressure to crack down on hate speech after Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol. Dozens of QAnon social media accounts were hyping up January 6 in the days leading up to a Washington DC rally for Trump, expressing hope that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory would be overturned. Twitter said in an email statement on Friday: “Given the renewed potential for violence surrounding...