Anonymous ID: bc04fd Jan. 9, 2021, 2:51 p.m. No.12431144   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1154 >>1182 >>1323 >>1372 >>1383 >>1651

9 Big Tech Platforms that Have Blacklisted President Donald Trump

 

Nine platforms controlled by the Big Tech Masters of the Universe have blacklisted or restricted President Donald Trump.

 

Twitter, Google, Apple, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Pinterest, Shopify, Reddit, TikTok, Twitch, and Discord have all either banned or restricted President Trump from their platforms. The severity of action taken against Trump varies by platform.

 

  1. Twitter

 

On Friday, Twitter permanently banned the account of the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Additional bannings include his campaign account and the campaign’s digital director.

 

 

 

2 & 3. Facebook and Instagram

 

On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Facebook and Instagram platforms would be backlisting President Trump “indefinitely.”

 

“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” said Zuckerberg. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”

 

 

  1. Snapchat

 

Snapchat suspended President Trump’s account indefinitely on Wednesday.

 

“We can confirm that earlier on Wednesday we locked President Trump’s Snapchat account,” a Snapchat spokesperson told The Hill.

 

  1. Pinterest

 

While President Trump does not have a Pinterest account, the company has nonetheless been limiting hashtags related to pro-Trump topics, such as #StopTheSteal.

 

“Pinterest isn’t a place for threats, promotion of violence or hateful content,” said a Pinterest spokesperson to Axios. “Our team is continuing to monitor and removing harmful content, including misinformation and conspiracy theories that may incite violence.”

 

  1. Shopify

 

E-commerce store provider Shopify has banned two stores affiliated with President Trump — one run by the Trump campaign and another belonging to the Trump organization, TrumpStore.com — on Thursday, claiming they violate the platform’s policies on supporting violence.

 

“Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence,” said Shopify in a statement. “Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause. As a result, we have terminated stores affiliated with President Trump.”

 

  1. Reddit

 

The self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” Reddit, joined the unprecedented wave of censorship by has banning an unofficial Donald Trump forum.

 

  1. TikTok

 

While the President does not have a TikTok account, the Chinese-owned platform is nonetheless banning videos of Trump’s speeches to his supporters, claiming that the content on the grounds that they violate the company’s misinformation policy.

 

  1. Twitch

 

Amazon-owned Twitch has also locked President Trump’s account indefinitely.

 

“In light of yesterday’s shocking attack on the Capitol, we have disabled President Trump’s Twitch channel,” said a Twitch spokesperson in a statement.

 

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/01/09/9-big-tech-platforms-that-have-blacklisted-president-donald-trump/

Anonymous ID: bc04fd Jan. 9, 2021, 3:11 p.m. No.12431412   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Parler Faces Extinction As Amazon Employees Demand AWS Stop Hosting

 

A coalition of Amazon corporate employees have demanded that the Seattle-based megacorp kick Parler off the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform unless 'posts inciting violence' are removed, which would force the Trump-friendly Twitter competitor to find another host.

 

According to CNBC, an employee advocacy group - Amazon Employees for Climate Justice - said in a Saturday tweet that AWS should "deny Parler services until it removes posts inciting violence, including at the Presidential inauguration."

 

More via CNBC:

 

Pressure has been mounting for Amazon to stop hosting Parler on AWS after other tech giants took action against the social media app in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week. Google on Friday removed Parler from its app store for Android users, Google Play Store. BuzzFeed News reported on Friday that Apple has threatened to pull Parler from its App Store.

 

Parler, which launched in 2018, has emerged as a popular platform for President Trump’s allies in the last year by billing itself as a free speech alternative to mainstream social media services like Twitter and Facebook. -CNBC

 

To justify censoring Parler, critics have pointed to posts calling for 'firing squads' - like one from attorney Lin Wood (who some say handed the Senate to the Democrats by openly calling for Georgians not to vote in the runoff election unless the GOP candidates backed Trump's election fraud claims).

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/amazon-employees-demand-company-drop-parler-aws-cloud-app-becomes-1-download

Anonymous ID: bc04fd Jan. 9, 2021, 3:23 p.m. No.12431598   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Colombia Arrests 198 Suspected Clan del Golfo Members

 

Colombia appeared this week determined to crush one of the most powerful criminal organizations operating in the country, arresting 198 suspected members of the Clan del Golfo and extraditing one previously arrested suspect to the United States to face the judge for conspiring to distribute Colombian cocaine there.

 

Cocaine DeathColombian authorities launched operation to arrest cocaine smugglers, dealers, members of the Clan del Golfo. (Photo: Imagens Evangélicas, Flickr, CC BY 2.0)Earlier this week police raided 117 properties across the country and arrested the 198 suspects, including some of the gang’s regional leaders, a press release from the Colombian Presidential Office said.

 

“The modus operandi used by this criminal organization was to create shell companies for construction, investment in hotels, fuel service stations, real estate and livestock, to stimulate the flow of illicit capital in the legal financial system,” it added.

 

Following the operation, Bogota on Wednesday extradited Jose Alfredo Valencia to the U.S. , where a federal jury indicted him in August 2018.

 

The 43-year-old was arrested during a special police operation in Medellin in November that year, along with Johnny Fidel Cuello-Petro, 45, and Joaquin Guillermo David-Usuga, 43, Colombian press reported.

 

David-Usuga is believed to be a key member of the Clan del Golfo, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

 

Prosecutors claim the three were involved in a five-year-long conspiracy to export cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and participated in the distribution of 20 kilograms of the drug in the Latin American country while knowing it would be imported into the U.S.

 

David-Usuga was extradited to the U.S. in December 2019 and is pending trial, while Cuello-Petro was extradited last October and is awaiting sentence after having pleaded guilty to international cocaine distribution a month ago.

 

In 2018, the U.S. Attorney General designated Clan del Golfo as a top transnational organized threat, along with MS-13, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, and the Lebanese Hezbollah.

 

The highly structured criminal organization has a widespread presence across Colombian territory and uses Panama and other Central American countries as a route to import cocaine into the U.S. Its members have been indicted in the past for drug-trafficking, homicide, arms trafficking, extortion and money-laundering.

 

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13593-colombia-arrests-198-suspected-clan-del-golfo-members