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AJ Dellinger from forbes said that In the days following the assault carried out by rioters and insurrectionists at the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump saw his online empire pulled out from under him. He was banned on Facebook, Twitter, and a slew of other platforms that decided to cut ties with the sitting President, fearing that he might stoke further
violence. Tech companies have long been hesitant to take action against Trump and other controversial users, but surveying conducted by Blind, an anonymous professional network, found that employees at major tech firms widely support the decision to suspend or remove Trump entirely.
Blind surveyed more than 6,200 people who work at major tech and finance firms, including social media giants like Facebook and Twitter, to see where the industries stand on the crackdown on Trump. They found that 76 percent of all respondents believed that social media companies did the right thing by suspending and ultimately banning Trump from their platforms, compared to just 24 percent who viewed it as an “attack on free speech.”
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