Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday (7th January 2021) that its platform is banning President Donald Trump indefinitely, a day after he weaponized the web to help stoke a deadly riot at the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C. A violent mob stormed the House and Senate on Wednesday, forcing lawmakers into a lockdown and briefly interrupting their formal process to certify Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” Read Zuckerberg’s full statement below: The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. Twitter on Wednesday evening suspended Trump’s account for the first time, but only for twelve (12) hours, over a series of tweets that sought to cast doubt over the 2020 Election. One included a video in which Trump spread disinformation about the Election’s outcome, even as he told rioters to leave the House and Senate at a time when lawmakers had started the process of certifying Joe Biden as the next President. Another tweet attributed the violent mob’s actions to the widely disproved claim that votes had been “stripped away from great patriots.” Twitter required Trump to delete the tweets to obtain access to his account, but it made clear it plans to escalate its enforcement efforts and suspend the President permanently if he continues to break its rules. The President has yet to tweet following the lifting of Twitter’s suspension. Trump has amassed more than 88 Million followers on Twitter and has more than 35 Million on Facebook. Facebook’s extended suspension now marks the most aggressive penalty that any social media company has dealt to Trump over his four (4) year term as President. During this time he has repeatedly peddled falsehoods, attacked critics and spread divisive rhetoric online. In failing to act until after the deadly riot occurred, Facebook, Twitter and Google-owned YouTube have faced sharp criticism, with many believing the tech companies should have done more, and sooner, to stop Trump from helping provoke the situation. Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters took to alternative social-media platforms, including Parler, to tout their support for the riots and call for further bloodshed. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: The Washington Post]
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