President
Zuckerberg said the social media platforms will extend a temporary ban on Trump's posts "indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks" until the "peaceful transition of power" to President-elect
The
"We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great," Zuckerberg wrote after initially suspending Trump for just 24 hours as he appeared to encourage the rioters with a pair of posts.
The ban was extended after "the shocking events of the last 24 hours" as hundreds of Trump supporters broke into the
The riots "clearly demonstrate that President
"Facebook and Twitter giving Trump a little time out is NOT ENOUGH," British comedian and actor
Meanwhile, three tweets which Twitter had condemned as "severe violations of our civic Integrity policy" had been deleted by early Thursday, company officials told
The platform had earlier said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed.
Hours after the insurrection began, Trump released a video statement on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in which he continued to repeat claims that the election was "stolen from us" but called on people to leave the
Facebook and YouTube removed the video with
Twitter initially restricted the video, preventing people from liking, retweeting or replying to the post and later followed suit in removing it.
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