President Donald Trump’s social media accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat have been suspended,
Donald Trump’s digital presence has been cut down significantly after protests at Capitol Hill by his supporters. On January 7,
Following the US Capitol violence, Trump’s social media handles on Facebook and Instagram were indefinitely banned for inciting violence against a democratically-elected government.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg put out a statement announcing the ban on Trump’s accounts and said, “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 then shared a blog post where it announced that the twiter handle @realDonaldTrump which is personal account of president Donald trump has been permanently suspended “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”
Trump still had access to the presidential @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts. However, a new report from The Verge states that his tweets from these accounts are being deleted. This was confirmed by BuzzFeed executive editor Mat Honan on Twitter.
Not just that, the Twitter account of Gary Coby, the digital director for Trump’s 2020 campaign, has also been suspended.
Snapchat also locked Trump out of the photo-sharing platform amid concerns of his dangerous rhetoric. During the siege of Capitol Hill, Trump released a video on social media in which he repeated the false claim of election fraud and told the mob “we love you,” and went on to ask them to go home.
YouTube removed the video in line with its policy barring claims challenging election results