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on about the presidential election plunged an astonishing 73% after Twitter and other social media
networks either banned or suspended Donald Trump and key supporters, according to new data
analysis.
Baseless claims of election fraud dropped from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000 mentions across
several social media sites in the w;F
so suspended accounts of key Trump supporters spewing baseless QAnon conspiracy theories,
including those of his former national security a
dviser Michael Flynn and fringe attorney Sidney Powell. Some 70,000 accounts peddling QAnon
conspiracies were soon shut down.
YouTube banned a regular podcast by right-wing former White House strategist Steve Bannon. And
Amazon dropped right-wing social media network Parler from its web-hosting service, booting the
platform off line.
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitch, have also indefinitely barred the outgoing president.
rs” of misinformation is likely to be particularly effective. A study released in October by the Election
Integrity Partnership found that just 20 conserv
ative, pro-Trump Twitter accounts — including the president’s own @realDonaldTrump — were the
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