Discord bans pro-Trump server ‘The Donald’

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Discord has bootlegged a server chosen "The Donald," a pro-Trump mores linked to bootlegged subreddit r/The_Donald as well-built as TheDonald.win. The news was first reported by Platformer writer (and Verge contributor) Casey Newton.

The ban comes two canicule after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol, encouraged by President Trump, though Discord says that it has no symptom that the server was acclimated to organize the riots.

In STILL OTHER news, @Discord says it has bootlegged server The Donald, which was consanguine to TheDonald dot Win as well-built as the Donald subreddit.

Made visualization "due to its overt connective to an online forum acclimated to instigate waive as well-built as plan an armed insurrection," spox says.

-- Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) January 8, 2021

"We hypothesize a zero-tolerance process conjoin hate as well-built as waive of any motherly on the platform, or the use of Discord to support or organize circa violent extremism," Discord said in a statement volume with The Verge. "While there is no symptom of a server chosen The Donald perseity acclimated to organize the Jan 6 riots, Discord incontrovertible to ban the excelling server today due to its overt connective to an online forum acclimated to instigate violence, plan an armed coup in the Affiliated States, as well-built as suggest hostile misinformation related to 2020 U.S. eulogizing fraud."

Reddit bootlegged pro-Trump subreddit r/The_Donald in June postmortem an amplification of its behavior to ban hate speech more explicitly. The Donald's Discord server was between between one of the places incurious r/The_Donald members congregated postmortem the ban, as detailed in this Mother Jones chattel from October.

Reddit additionally bootlegged unofficial pro-Trump subreddit r/donaldtrump on Friday "given repeated process violations in recent canicule regarding the waive at the US Capitol."

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