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  • shares of Twitter dropped 11% in early trading Monday, knocking more than $3 billion off its market value.

  • Some investors dumped their shares after the social media company suspended President Donald Trump's popular account on Friday, citing the risk of further violence after he helped provoke a riot at the Capitol.

  • Some Republicans cried foul.

  • Traders pointed two sides that the social media shut out of.

  • Trump was further fueling calls to tighten regulation on big tech European Union Commissioner Terry Britain.

  • Compare the storming of the capital to the global crackdown on terrorism after the 9 11 attacks.

  • Writing in Politico The fact that a CEO can pull the plug on POTUS is loudspeaker without any checks and balances is perplexing.

  • Other tech giants such as Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon have also taken their strongest actions against Trump to limit his reach.

  • Their shares also declined Monday, but not by as much as Twitter's.

  • Trump had more than 88 million followers on Twitter, and analysts say many of those eyeballs will go away if Trump is permanently banned.

shares of Twitter dropped 11% in early trading Monday, knocking more than $3 billion off its market value.

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