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This came after Trump used his presidential account to send a series of 3 tweets in which he accused “Twitter” of conspiring to silence him.
And according to the newspaper “The Hill”, Trump said in one of his tweets, before deleting them all, that he was analyzing the possibility of “building our platform in the near future.”
Twitter justified its decision to shut down President Trump’s account on fears of “further incitement and acts of violence” following the storming of hundreds of Trump supporters on the US Capitol building on Wednesday, killing 5 people, including one official.
“Elected officials and world leaders are encouraged to speak freely on the platform,” Twitter officials said.
They added: “We have made it clear for years that these accounts cannot override our rules and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things. We will continue to be transparent about our policies and their enforcement.”
And Mark Roskerberg, CEO of Facebook, announced on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s accounts on the sites “Facebook” and “Instagram” will remain banned indefinitely and for a period of “at least two weeks”, in light the assault on the Capitol by his supporters. Wednesday.
“We consider that allowing the president to continue using our services during this period carries a very high risk,” Roskerberg said in a statement on his Facebook account.
He added: “We have therefore decided to extend the blocking of their Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least two weeks, until the peaceful transfer of power is completed.
Like many social media apps, YouTube removed a video clip of Trump on Wednesday, claiming he violated “policies regarding content alleging the spread of fraud or errors that changed the outcome” of the election. In the clip, Trump accused Democrats of stealing and rigging the election.
This is not the first time that social media apps have restricted Trump or his presidential campaign activity on their platforms.
