Wikipedia founder: Social media giants mishandled Trump

Wales said Twitter and Facebook had consistently ‘struggled with misinformation, disinformation’ peddled by the firebrand former New York real estate tycoon who is due to leave office next week. — AFP

Twitter and Facebook repeatedly mishandled Donald Trump as he pushed baseless claims, including his assertion that US presidential election he lost was rigged, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told AFP.

The two social media giants indefinitely suspended Trump after his supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6, an attack on the seat of democracy that on Wednesday led to Trump’s second impeachment.