The Deplatforming Index
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DEPLATFORMING INDEX (Updated on 3/2/2021) Account Twitter YouTube Facebook The Deplatforming Index: A Research Brief Donald Trump Suspended Active Restricted Lin Wood Suspended No account No account Based on their analysis of 7.6 million tweets, The Jacobs Technion- Cornell Institute Sidney Powell Suspended Active Active recently issued a report on Voter Fraud 2020 that analyzes how allegations of election fraud spread across Twitter. These researchers identified the top 20 James O'Keefe Active Active Active influencers pushing a widespread disinformation campaign about the U.S. election Michael Flynn Suspended No account No account on Twitter. However, a range of networked conspiracies proliferated across Charlie Kirk Active Active Active platforms in the lead up to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. We have modified Cornell’s list slightly to include Steve Bannon, Roger Stone, and Mike Tom Fitton Active Active Active Lindell, which our research has identified as significant nodes in this coordinated James Woods Active No account No account disinformation campaign. Bannon was suspended from Twitter on November 6, Donald Trump Jr. Active No account Active 2020, so he does not prominently appear in the Cornell data set. Rudy Guiliani Active Restricted No account The Technology and Social Change Research Project created this Ron Watkins Suspended No account No account “DEPLATFORMING INDEX” to call attention to the issues that deplatforming raises Team Trump Suspended Active (not official) Active for a free and open internet. The index will be updated as companies take action on different accounts. We will add more platforms and accounts as this group Rogan O'Handley Suspended Active (no visible content) Active moves to alternative technologies. While this list is by no means exhaustive of all Gateway Pundit Suspended Active Active the elites and influencers who were part of the election disinformation campaign, Praying Medic Suspended Suspended Inactive the index illustrates that enforcement of bans has been a relatively uneven process across the major social media platforms. Jack Posobiec Active Active Active Eric Trump Active No account Active We believe our index will help boost transparency and accountability across the technology industry. Moreover, it will allow us to more closely evaluate what Richard Grenell Active No account No account happens after deplatforming. Lou Dobbs Active Active (dormant) Active Dinesh D'Souza Active Active Active Steve Bannon Suspended Suspended Active Cite as Donovan, Joan. Knell, Dwight. 2021. Deplatforming Index. Media Roger Stone Suspended Active Suspended Manipulation Casebook. Mike Lindell Suspended Active Active .