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Trump suspends Facebook until Biden takes office… ‘Indefinite’ possibility

Input 2021.01.08 01:52

Facebook decided to suspend the account of US President Donald Trump on the 7th (local time) for the next two weeks after the transfer of power proceeds. It has also opened up the possibility of blocking accounts indefinitely for a minimum period of time.

“It is too risky for President Trump to continue to use our services,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive officer, via his Facebook account. “His Facebook and Instagram accounts are blocked. “We will increase the measures indefinitely.” “I will extend it for the next two weeks at least until the peaceful regime change is completed,” he said.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, testifies at a hearing in the US House of Representatives on October 23, 2019. /Reuters and Yonhap News

Zuckerberg said, “In the past few years, every time President Trump violates our policy, we have only taken steps to remove posts, label them, etc. and use our platform.” “Because I believe I have the right to access.”

However, President Trump’s response to the incident in which protesters supporting President Trump broke into the Washington DC Capitol to block the verification process for President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election the day before was considered “basically different.” “The platform was used to incite a violent revolt against a democratically elected government,” Zuckerberg said.

President Trump posted a video after a violent protest in Congress, saying, “Go home,” “we must have law and order and have peace. However, while demanding dissolution, he repeatedly argued against the presidential election that “we were stolen from the election.” Facebook decided that President Trump was encouraging his supporters, and deleted the video message and then suspended the account.

Twitter also suspended the account and requested deletion of the tweets, saying that three tweets of President Trump posted the day before repeatedly and seriously violate the company’s election fairness policy. Twitter also warned that continued violations could result in a permanent suspension of the account.

The US Congress has officially confirmed President-elect Biden’s presidential victory. The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to be held on the 20th.

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