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Twitter Loses $5 Billion In Market Cap As Its Stock Falls By 12 Per Cent Following Trump's Permanent Ban
Swarajya Staff
Jan 12, 2021, 12:13 PM | Updated 12:13 PM IST
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Jack Dorsey led Twitter's market cap fell by around $5 billion as its stock crashed 12 per cent following the permanent suspension of US President Donald Trump, Business Insider has reported.
As per the report, investors may be concerned about the interest in the platform waning following Trump's suspension.
The stock subsequently recovered slightly to close 6.41 per cent in the red.
Twitter has been blasted for its unprecedented censorship of the sitting US President from various corners including world leaders. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called it problematic and top Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny termed it as an unacceptable act of censorship.
Twitter has been accused of selectively going after conservative voices, with many pointing out that a similar action was not taken against other current and former world leaders like former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for inciting violence.
Ahead of his suspension, Trump also faced an unprecedented throttling of his tweets wherein he alleged that the presidential polls were not conducted in a fair and transparent manner.
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