Facebook barred outgoing US President Donald Trump (pictured) from its platform indefinitely following a violent protest at the capital Wednesday (6 January), citing concerns he might use its services to undermine the handoff of power to successor Joe Biden on 20 January.
In a post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company hitherto permitted Trump’s posts because “the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech”, but added its services were now being used to “incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government”.
Zuckerberg said it concluded the risks of allowing Trump to continue using its platform were “simply too great”, and banned him from both Facebook and Instagram indefinitely but at least until the end of his term in 13 days.
The move came the day after Trump supporters broke into the Capitol Building and disrupted Congress as politicians were voting to certify the US election results.
Facebook originally instituted a 24-hour ban on Trump’s account following the attack.
Fellow social media company Twitter implemented a 12-hour block on Trump’s account, but as of press time had not extended the suspension.
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