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Jan 2021
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Deplatforming Donald

Vox
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First he lost his Facebook. Then he lost his Twitter. As of today, President Trump had been limited or booted by more than a dozen platforms. Casey Newton, editor of Platformer, explains the historic shift on social media.

Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained.

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