Trump is Planning A Social Media Return

Uploaded on 2021-03-26 in TECHNOLOGY-Key Areas-Social Media, FREE TO VIEW

For more than ten weeks Americans have lived without regular communications from Donald Trump, their former president, who had a habit of expressing his thoughts daily and sometimes 50 times a day in abrasive messages on Twitter.

Now, a spokesman for the former President has disclosed that Trump will launch his own social media platform with the intention to "completely redefine the game". Speaking to Fox News, Trump's spokesman said, "I do think that we're going to see President Trump returning to social media in probably about two or three months." 

Trump had been a prolific poster on that platform before and during his presidency but was banned from Twitter following the January's deadly riots at the US Capitol in Washington DC that saw five people including a police officer killed, and shook the foundations of American democracy.

Twitter subsequently permanently suspended Mr Trump's account @realDonaldTrump stating that he was "permanently suspended... due to the risk of further incitement of violence". 

Donald Trump used Twitter as a way, for more than 10 years, to bypass the traditional media and speak directly to voters. Mr Trump was initially locked out of his Twitter account for 12 hours in January after he called the people who stormed the US Capitol "patriots". Hundreds of his supporters entered the complex as the US Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's victory in last year's presidential election. Mr Trump was impeached by Congress for his actions but acquitted after most of the  Republican party senators did not support a vote to convict.

Facebook, which also indefinitely suspended Mr Trump in January, has asked its independent oversight board to decide whether the ban should stand.

Twitter last week said it would seek public input on if, when and how it should ban world leaders with 'controversial views'. Twitter warned then it would ban Mr Trump "permanently" if he breached the platform's rules again. After being allowed back on Twitter, Mr Trump posted two tweets that the company cited as the final straws. The social media company said both of these tweets were "in violation of the Glorification of Violence Policy".

In addition to Twitter and Facebook, Trump's accounts were also suspended on Facebook, popular gaming platform Twitch and the multimedia messaging app Snapchat.

Fox News:       BBC:       The Times:       MSN:     Sky:    Image: Unsplash

You Might Also Read: 

Amazon, Apple & Google Cancel Parler:

 

« China Plans For Supremacy In AI & Quantum Computing
FBI 2020 Online Crime Report »

Infosecurity Europe
CyberSecurity Jobsite
Perimeter 81
Cyrin

Real Attacks. Real Tools. Real Scenarios.
Schedule a demo

Sign Up: Cyber Security Intelligence Newsletter

Directory of Suppliers

CSI Consulting Services

CSI Consulting Services

Get Advice From The Experts: * Training * Penetration Testing * Data Governance * GDPR Compliance. Connecting you to the best in the business.

DigitalStakeout

DigitalStakeout

DigitalStakeout enables cyber security professionals to reduce cyber risk to their organization with proactive security solutions, providing immediate improvement in security posture and ROI.

Resecurity

Resecurity

Resecurity is a cybersecurity company that delivers a unified platform for endpoint protection, risk management, and cyber threat intelligence.

Jooble

Jooble

Jooble is a job search aggregator operating in 71 countries worldwide. We simplify the job search process by displaying active job ads from major job boards and career sites across the internet.

Infosecurity Europe, 3-5 June 2025, ExCel London

Infosecurity Europe, 3-5 June 2025, ExCel London

This year, Infosecurity Europe marks 30 years of bringing the global cybersecurity community together to further our joint mission of Building a Safer Cyber World.

Norwegian Center for Information Security (NorSIS)

Norwegian Center for Information Security (NorSIS)

NorSIS) is an independent organization that works to increase knowledge and understanding of information security for businesses and individuals.

The ai Corporation

The ai Corporation

The ai Enterprise Fraud Solution is an on-prem or cloud-based self-service, machine learning fraud detection and prevention tool set.

Bio-Morphis

Bio-Morphis

Bio-Morphis Reflex solution is a paradigm shift in the approach to information systems security.

Absolute IT Asset Disposals

Absolute IT Asset Disposals

Absolute IT Asset Disposals is an IT asset disposal (ITAD) company providing safe and secure recycling of IT assets.

Findcourses.co.uk

Findcourses.co.uk

Findcourses is a dedicated education search engine designed to make it easy for our learners to search and find exactly what they need from our community of trusted training providers.

AttackIQ

AttackIQ

AttackIQ delivers continuous validation of your enterprise security program so you can strengthen your security posture and your response capabilities.

Sekuro

Sekuro

Sekuro is your leading governance and cyber security partner. Building organisational resilience. Enabling fearless innovation.

Aite-Novarica Group

Aite-Novarica Group

Aite-Novarica's Cybersecurity practice provides ongoing research and advisory services to chief information security officers focused on protecting their companies’ assets.

EDGE Group

EDGE Group

EDGE is one of the world’s leading advanced technology groups, established to develop agile, bold and disruptive solutions for defence and beyond.

CryptoDATA

CryptoDATA

CryptoDATA develops products and services based on Blockchain technology, that ensure user security and data encryption, applicable in various fields.

Siren

Siren

Siren provides the leading Investigative Intelligence Platform to some of the world’s leading Law Enforcement, National Security and Cyber threat investigators.

ECIT

ECIT

ECIT is your preferred provider of finance and IT services. We believe in the value of combining financial and IT services to streamline and improve the operation of your business.

Xact IT Solutions

Xact IT Solutions

Xact IT Solutions are a certified cybersecurity firm offering cybersecurity, compliance and managed services.

The Purple Guys

The Purple Guys

The Purple Guys offer Trouble-Free IT Support to businesses across the Central and Southern US. Safe and Secure, Rapid Response, Friendly Support that’s our Purple Promise.

SecurEnvoy

SecurEnvoy

SecurEnvoy are a leader in designing zero access trust solutions using the latest cutting-edge technologies, to protect your users, devices and data, whatever the location.

Exaforce

Exaforce

At Exaforce, we are on a mission to 10× improve the productivity and efficacy of security and operations teams using our transformative multi-model AI engine.