Internet and Democracy: Trump’s case and the consequences

On January 20, 2021, Joe Biden was sworn into office as the 46th President of the United States of America and began moving into the White House. The transition of power from his predecessor was anything but easy. On January 6, supporters of Donald Trump had stormed Capitol Hill after he had incited his backers, especially his 88 million followers on Twitter, to take back victory, which he said had been “stolen.”

Shortly after, on January 8, Twitter’s board of directors decided to block the outgoing president’s account “due to the risk of further incitement to violence.” Facebook, Instagram, Twitch and Snapchat also followed, suspending Trump’s accounts. Apple and Google removed access to Parler, a social networking app widely used by his supporters, and Amazon stripped the same company of data storage space.

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