Trump protest outside Twitter HQ over ban flops

Officers of the San Francisco Police Department zip-tie a barricade outside Twitter headquarters, during a purported demonstration by Trump’s supporters to protest the social media company’s permanent suspension of his Twitter account, in San Francisco, California, US. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: A planned protest outside Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters against the social media platform’s ban of Donald Trump fizzled out Monday when just a handful of the US president’s supporters turned up.

Messages posted this weekend on popular far-right forum TheDonald.win had called on pro-Trump activists to assemble outside the tech giant’s offices, which are largely deserted as staff work from home due to the pandemic.