After the riot on January 6, Facebook and Twitter CEOs jumped at the opportunity to ban the president indefinitely claiming they were banning the President to avoid any additional incitement of violence from far-right activists.
The justification for this move was to prevent Trump from expressing his views on the platform came after lawmakers and media blamed the former president’s remarks for inciting violence which, they claimed, directly led to the January 6th riots at the Capitol.
“In the upcoming Senate impeachment trial, Trump’s team plans to defend the former president by arguing that the trial is unconstitutional and that he was exercising his First Amendment rights when he made a speech on Jan. 6.” the Epoc Times reported
“Trump had addressed a crowd in Washington D.C. as Congress met to count electoral college votes where he reiterated allegations about election irregularities and potential fraud, and his dissatisfaction with the media and several lawmakers. In his speech on Jan. 6, Trump called out supporters to ‘peacefully and patriotically’ make their voices heard at the U.S. Capitol.”
