Trump blamed Twitter for stopping him to increase followers

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The U.S President Donald Trump has blamed Twitter of blocking followers from his account. It is his latest complaint regarding how he is treated by social media companies. Trump wrote on Twitter that the site had made it much more difficult for people to join @realDonaldTrump, in spite of his account featuring the same, one-click follow button as any other profile. He also blamed that the social media platform had removed many names & greatly slowed the level and speed of increase, suggesting Twitter had targeted him and other Republicans by reducing following counts.

Trump said on Tuesday during a series of angry morning tweets, “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous”! “They have acknowledged-done NOTHING”! Twitter and other major social media sites have spent the year purging millions of fake accounts and bots, with countless celebrities, including the president and regular users experiencing slight reductions in their followings due to the loss of false profiles. It is a part of a response to criticism from the U.S Congress that companies haven’t been doing enough to combat efforts at election meddling such as those seen during the 2016 presidential race.

Twitter announced in October that the platform had removed at least 9 million accounts as part of an effort that had been underway since July.

Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous! Twitter, in fact, has made it much more difficult for people to join @realDonaldTrump. They have removed many names & greatly slowed the level and speed of increase. They have acknowledged-done NOTHING!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2018

It was formerly reported that the president’s personal Twitter handle, @realDonaldTrump was followed by millions of fake accounts and bots. Trump lost at least 300,000 followers in the month of July. Gallup managed a survey in the month of May that found nearly 15 million, 29% of Trump’s Twitter followings appeared to be fake accounts. The president has a Twitter following of 56.3 million as of Tuesday, compared to his predecessor, former U.S President Barack Obama who has a following of 104 million.