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Menlo Park (dpa) - Facebook will block the outgoing US President Donald Trump until further notice.
Trump's accounts on the online network and also on the Instagram photo platform should remain blocked for at least two weeks or until power is handed over to his successor Joe Biden, as Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday.
Initially, Facebook had only blocked Trump for 24 hours.
The lockdown was triggered by Trump's contributions to his supporters storming the Washington Capitol on Wednesday.
This included a video in which the president called on his supporters to withdraw from the US parliament building - but at the same time repeated unsubstantiated claims about alleged election fraud.
He also showed sympathy for the attackers: «We love you.
You are very special. "
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In another post on the platforms, Trump wrote: "These are things and events that happen when a holy landslide victory is stolen so suddenly and cruelly".
Trump's supporters had stormed the House of Parliament in Washington while there were deliberations to confirm Joe Biden's election victory.
Twitter had blocked Trump because of these posts for twelve hours - and threatened with a permanent ban for further violations of the rules.
Zuckerberg now wrote: "The shocking events of the past twelve hours made it clear that President Donald Trump wants to use his remaining term in office to undermine the peaceful and legitimate transfer of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden."
That changes the situation for Facebook, since the platform is being used to incite violent uprisings against a democratically elected government.
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