After Facebook, Twitter ban, Trump fans and extremists turn elsewhere

The MeWe social networking app on a smartphone. With Trump banned from mainstream social networks, his fans have moved on to new platforms, which are less regulated and more confidential. — Bloomberg

Gab instead of Twitter, MeWe over Facebook, Telegram for messaging and Discord for insiders – banned from mainstream platforms, US conspiracy and supremacist movements, many of which support Donald Trump, have shifted to networks that are more confidential, and harder to regulate.

“The most extreme Trump supporters were already on alternative platforms,” said Nick Backovic, a researcher at Logically.AI, a company specialising in digital disinformation.