An unprecedented measure
Washington was the scene of real chaos on January 6. As the American congress was about to certify the results of the American presidential election, and, therefore, the victory of Democrat Joe Biden, several dozen supporters of Donald Trump entered the Capitol. For more than a month, the outgoing president has been shouting fraud and ensuring that he will not recognize his opponent’s victory. At the end of the day on Wednesday, Donald Trump appealed in a video posted on social networks to his supporters ‘to come home’, however declaring again that the election had been ‘stolen’. Facebook and Youtube were quick to react by deleting the video, Twitter followed suit by deleting several tweets from the American president, before making a radical decision by suspending his account. “The account of @realDonaldTrump will be blocked for twelve hours after the removal of these tweets. If these tweets are not deleted, the account will remain blocked,” Twitter explained on his security account. A first.
Facebook and Youtube are taking action
After deleting Donald Trump’s video, Facebook ended up aligning itself with Twitter by suspending his account for 24 hours. “We have determined two breaches of our rules on President Donald Trump’s page,” Facebook explained on Twitter. ‘This means that he loses the ability to post on the platform during this period,’ added the group’s communication. Throughout his term in office, Donald Trump has made social networks, and especially Twitter, his favorite communication tool. Called to order several times, his posts and messages have regularly been accompanied by warnings because of their content, Donald Trump is now facing indiscriminate suspension measures.
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