RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

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Twitter permanently bans President Trump, claiming potential to ‘incite violence’

By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 8th, 2021 (The Center Square) – When Donald Trump rose from a political outsider to claim the most powerful political job in the world – president of the U.S. – at least a portion of…

Twitter, Facebook suspend Trump from posting; Twitter threatens permanent ban

By Delphine Luneau | The Center Square/January 6th, 2021 (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump saw his Facebook and Twitter account suspended Wednesday evening after the nation’s two dominant social media platforms accused him of inciting violence through his posts. Twitter…

Why good people turn bad online

Meet the scientists finding out how we can defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies.   On the evening of 17 February 2018, Professor Mary Beard posted on Twitter a photograph of herself crying. The eminent University…