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The implications of this event keeps growing.

New video shows Capitol riot was way worse than we thought

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-99178053752

They setup gallows, had zip tie restraints and talked both on social media and in-person about executing government officials. Maps of the underground tunnels were also shared according to NPR. It really looks like a legitimate attempt at a coup.

https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tall...

The lives of congress men and women were undoubtedly at risk. I think this directly contributed to Twitter and many other tech companies clamping down on the mediums of communication for radical Trump supporters.

Tech platforms fear revenge from congress for enabling what took place, and it suddenly became a no-brainer business decision to ban Trump from social media.

I think these platforms also saw the potential for things to get orders of magnitude worse, very quickly, as we approach innauguration. Hints of it are already there in the less dominant and more permissive platforms. Maybe they figure it's better to err on the side of caution for 2 weeks and then reassess the situation.

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