In a lengthy Twitter thread, journalist Matt Taibbi explained that the internal communications at Twitter between January 6 and January 8 2021 suggest that even the employees of the social media company understood the move to censor a sitting U.S. president would have a historical impact.
After banning Trump, Twitter executives appeared to relish their newfound power and even flirted with banning future the official @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts, but ultimately decided the accounts will not be suspended by Twitter unless absolutely necessary.
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