Experts say Trump's Twitter ban could affect political polarization

MADISON (WKOW) — President Donald Trump is the first prominent U.S. politician to face a lifetime suspension from Twitter. Politics and communication experts say the ban sends a message. “President Trump has violated Twitter’s terms of service, Facebook’s, YouTube’s, for five years now,” UW-Madison journalism professor Mike Wagner said. “They’re finally enforcing their terms of service on the president in the way that they enforce it on others, and it’s important to show that the president is not above those terms of service from social media platforms.” Twitter said it banned Trump because his tweets posed a risk of inciting violence following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. “They see President Trump is not only a source of misinformation on Twitter, but also having helped instigate the violence that we saw in the U.S. Capitol,” political expert David Canon said. “That’s what finally pushed Twitter over the edge and said, ‘okay, we just can’t do this anymore. This is actually really harming our democracy and undermining our ability to function as a democracy.'” Even without access to the platform he frequently used to directly address his supporters, journalists and other members of the federal government, Trump will have access…
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