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Snapchat stops promoting Donald Trump's account in Discover

UPDATE: June 3, 2020, 2:37 p.m. EDT 

President Trump's team has apparently not taken kindly to Snapchat's actions. According to the New York Times, Trump's 2020 campaign manager, Brad Parscale, said "Snapchat is trying to rig the 2020 election." OK, Brad.


The social media dominoes are falling for President Donald Trump.

As protests over the killing of George Floyd and police brutality continue across the country, Trump is doing things likes having protesters teargassed for a photo op and raging against Twitter. Now tech companies are taking action.

Snapchat says that it won't promote the president's account in the Discover section anymoreAxios first reported the decision, and Snap confirmed the news to Mashable via email. Snapchat made the decision over the weekend. Read more...

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