https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/16/how-to-fix-social-media-trump-ban-free-speech > Away from the vitriol, researchers are investigating concrete steps companies, officials and the rest of us can take to tackle the crisis > It was nearing midnight on Tuesday 12 January when the final plank of Donald Trump’s social media platform fell away. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, Snapchat and, finally, YouTube had all come to the same conclusion: that their platforms – multibillion dollar American companies that dominate American political discourse – could not be safely used by the president of the United States.