Many of Twitter’s more than 5,400 employees opposed having Trump on the platform. On Jan. 6, as Congress met to certify the election, Twitter executives celebrated their acquisition of Ueno, a branding and design firm. Several invoked IBM’s collaboration with the Nazis, said current and former Twitter employees, and started a petition to immediately remove Trump’s account. Within hours, Trump’s account was gone, except for an “Account suspended” label. On Wednesday, employees gathered virtually to discuss the decision to bar Trump, two attendees said.

Source: bd News24 January 16, 2021 19:30 UTC