Donald Trump

=== Social media ===
{{Main|Social media use by Donald Trump}}
Trump's social media presence attracted worldwide attention after he joined Twitter in 2009. He tweeted frequently during the 2016 election campaign and as president until Twitter banned him in the final days of his term.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Kate|last1=Conger|first2=Mike|last2=Isaac|title=Inside Twitter's Decision to Cut Off Trump|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 16, 2021|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/16/technology/twitter-donald-trump-jack-dorsey.html|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> Trump often used Twitter to communicate directly with the public and sideline the press.<ref name="gone">{{cite web|first1=Aamer|last1=Madhani|first2=Jill|last2=Colvin|title=A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets|work=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews.com/article/twitter-donald-trump-ban-cea450b1f12f4ceb8984972a120018d5|date=January 9, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> In June 2017, a White House press secretary said that Trump's tweets were official presidential statements.<ref>{{cite web|last=Landers|first=Elizabeth|date=June 6, 2017|title=White House: Trump's tweets are 'official statements'|work=[[CNN]]|url=http://cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/trump-tweets-official-statements/|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> Trump often announced terminations of administration officials over Twitter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Diehm|first1=Jan|last2=Petulla|first2=Sam|last3=Wolf|first3=Zachary B.|title=Who has left Trump's administration and orbit?|url=https://cnn.com/interactive/2017/08/politics/trump-admin-departures-trnd/|work=[[CNN]]|date=October 21, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref>

After years of criticism for allowing Trump to post misinformation and falsehoods, Twitter began to tag some of his tweets with fact-checking warnings in May 2020.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dwoskin|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/26/trump-twitter-label-fact-check/|title=Twitter labels Trump's tweets with a fact check for the first time|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=July 7, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In response, Trump tweeted that "Social Media Platforms totally silence conservative[] voices" and that he would "strongly regulate[] or close them down".<ref>{{cite news|last=Dwoskin|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/27/trump-twitter-label/|title=Trump lashes out at social media companies after Twitter labels tweets with fact checks|date=May 27, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> In the days after the storming of the Capitol, Trump was banned from [[Facebook]], [[Instagram]], Twitter and other platforms.<ref>{{cite web|date=January 11, 2021|title=All the platforms that have banned or restricted Trump so far|last1=Fischer|first1=Sara|last2=Gold|first2=Ashley|url=https://www.axios.com/platforms-social-media-ban-restrict-trump-d9e44f3c-8366-4ba9-a8a1-7f3114f920f1.html |access-date=January 16, 2021|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]}}</ref> The loss of his social media presence diminished his ability to shape events<ref>{{cite news|last=Timberg|first=Craig|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/14/trump-twitter-megaphone/|title=Twitter ban reveals that tech companies held keys to Trump's power all along|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Alba|first1=Davey|last2=Koeze|first2=Ella|last3=Silver|first3=Jacob|date=June 7, 2021|title=What Happened When Trump Was Banned on Social Media|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/06/07/technology/trump-social-media-ban.html |access-date=December 21, 2023}}</ref> and prompted a dramatic decrease in the volume of misinformation shared on Twitter.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dwoskin|first1=Elizabeth|last2=Timberg|first2=Craig|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/|title=Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump and some allies|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 16, 2021 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}</ref> Trump's early attempts to re-establish a social media presence were unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/06/02/trump-blog-dead/|title=Trump ends blog after 29 days, infuriated by measly readership|last1=Harwell|first1=Drew|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|date=June 2, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=December 29, 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, he launched social media platform [[Truth Social]] where he only attracted a fraction of his Twitter following.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Harwell|first1=Drew|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|date=November 7, 2022|title=Trump once reconsidered sticking with Truth Social. Now he's stuck.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/07/trump-once-reconsidered-sticking-with-truth-social-now-hes-stuck/ |access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref> [[Elon Musk]], the new owner of Twitter, reinstated Trump's Twitter account in November 2022.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mac|first1=Ryan|last2=Browning|first2=Kellen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/technology/trump-twitter-musk.html|title=Elon Musk Reinstates Trump's Twitter Account|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 19, 2022|access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref>