Bay City News [BCN]. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Twitter headquarters is preparing for a possible "Pro-Trump" demonstration on Monday, after the social network permanently blocked the account of the still president of the United States, Donald Trump, last week.
Twitter, which has more than 340 million active users worldwide, of which almost 60 million are in the U.S., decided last Friday to permanently suspend the U.S. president's account, as it determined that Trump's recent tweets violated the company's Glorification of Violence policies.
Several U.S. media outlets have reported that, although there is no official news about a mass demonstration, traffic has been detected on various social networks that is inciting supporters of Donald Trump to go on Twitter this Monday.
The account was suspended a few days after supporters of the US president in office stormed the Capitol as Joe Biden was being certified as victorious in the November 3, 2020 election, and five people were killed in the incident.
It should be noted that the thousands of employees of the social network located in San Francisco, who would normally be working in their offices, have not been there since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, causing them to work remotely.
For their part, the San Francisco police said they were prepared for the possible rally on Market Street.
"The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) has contacted representatives from Twitter," said Officer Adam Lobsinger. "We will have sufficient resources available to respond to demonstrations as well as service calls throughout the city.
He further stressed that SFPD is committed to facilitating the public's right to First Amendment expressions of free speech, however, he specified that all those who seek to exercise their right must be considerate, respectful and mindful of the safety of others.
This Sunday afternoon, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that a Twitter spokesman said the company "respects people's right to express their opinions.
"While we respect people's right to express their opinions, we have been transparent about the factors that led to our decision last week - to permanently suspend Trump's account," the spokesman said in an e-mail.
Twitter was not the only network to take restrictive action against President Donald Trump because of his comments, as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube also joined the blockade, while Apple and Google have removed Parler, a social network that Trump's followers began using to demonstrate, from their application platforms.
