For much of his tenure, threats of temporary or permanent bans from major social media platforms have hung over President Trump's head.
Several have stopped
In connection with the events in Washington DC, several of the platforms have acted.
"The shocking events that have taken place over the past 24 hours clearly show that Donald Trump plans to use his remaining time as president to undermine the peaceful and democratic transfer of power to his successor Joe Biden," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a grim post. posted on Thursday night.
"In recent years, we have allowed President Trump to use our platform in accordance with our rules," Zuckerberg wrote, "We have done so because we believe the public has the right to as much access to political speeches and positions as possible , even controversial ones ”.
However, Zuckerberg believes that his attitude has changed after the night's riots and that his presence on the platform can lead to violence and obstruction of the election process:
"Therefore, he is blocked on Facebook and Instagram indefinitely and for at least two weeks to come to ensure a peaceful transfer of power."
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Donald Trump's video greeting, in which he urged calm and sent love to his followers, was previously deleted by Facebook and Youtube, as they considered that the president's greeting "contributes rather than reduces the risk of violence".
Twitter also acted
Twitter decided earlier on Tuesday to lock President Donald Trump's account due to violations of the platform's rules.
This is the first time Twitter has locked his account.
Once this was done, the account would be closed for twelve hours, and future violations would result in permanent suspension, according to Twitter.