Mark Zuckerberg.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Announched on Thursday MORNING that President Trump Will Be Banned from Posting to His Facebook and Instagram Accounts Through at Least the End of His Term.
“We believe the risk of allowing the president to continue to use to be during this period Are Simply Too great,” Zuckerberg Said in a Statement. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his facebook and Instagram Accounts Indefinitely and for at the Next Two UNIL the Peaceful Transition of Power is Complete.”
Social Media Companies took Unprecedered Action Against Trump on Wednesday as His Supporters rioted in the Capitol. Twitter Moved FirstFreezing Three of Trump’s Tweets About the Riots, then Demanding Their Removal and Lacking His Account for 24 hours over “Repeated and Severe Violactions of Our Civic Integrity Policy.” Facebook, Which Also Owns Instagram, Followed A Few Hours Later, Locking Trump’s Accounts on Those Platforms for 24 Hours. Snapchat Has Temporaryily blocked Trump from posting as well.
The Social Media Companies’ Moves Come AFTER AFTER OF COMPLAINTS THAT Trump Faced Little or No Consequents for Regularly Violating Their User Police.
Here’s Zuckerberg’s stherent IN FULL:
The Shocking Events of the Last 24 Hours Clearly Demonstrate That President Donald Trump Intends to use my time in offeened to understand the Peaceful and Lawful Transition of Power to His Electted Successor, Joe Biden.
His decision to use his platform to condone Rather than Condemn the ACTIONS OF HIS SUPPORTS AT THE CAPITOL HAS RIGHTLY DISTURBED PEOPLE IN THE US AND AROUND. We removed these storms yesterday becase we judged that their effect – and likes ther intent – to be to provoke stove Violence.
Following the Certification of the Ertification Results by Congress, the Priority for the Who Country Must Now Be To Ensure the Remaining 13 Days and the Days After inauguration Pass and in Accordance with Democratic Norms.
Over the Last Several Years, we have allowed President Trump to use to use the platform consistent with Our rules, at Times Removing Content or Labeling His Posts Wen They Vioate Our Police. We did this because we waist that the public has a right to the broadest Access to the political speech, the Controversial Speech. But the Current Context is Nowamentally Different, Involving USE of Our Platform to Incite Violent Insurrection Against a Democratically Elected Government.
We believe the risk of allowing the president to continue to use the service during this period Are Simply Too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his facebook and Instagram Accounts Indefinitely and for at the Next Two Weeks UNIL the Peaceful Transition of Power is Complete.