A Facebook spokesman said the company had never before blocked a current president, prime minister or head of state. A spokeswoman said the company would reassess Trump's account after he leaves office.Į-commerce platform Shopify shut service for stores affiliated with Trump for violations of its "acceptable use" policy, prompting e-commerce sites for both the campaign and the Trump Organization to go offline.įacebook's decision follows bans in recent years of some government officials in India and Myanmar for promoting violence. Trump and his allies for months have amplified baseless claims of election fraud and the president told protesters to go to Capitol Hill, with both Republicans and Democrats saying he was responsible for the resulting violence.Ī Inc's Twitch disabled Trump's channel due to the "extraordinary circumstances and the president's incendiary rhetoric," it said. election on their platforms, including from the president. Social media companies have been under pressure to police misinformation about the U.S. "What we've seen is that the president has been doing the opposite of that and instead fanning the flames of those who think they should turn to violence to overturn the election outcome," he said, according to audio of the remarks heard by Reuters. 20.Īt an all-hands meeting on Thursday, Zuckerberg told employees he considered it important political leaders "lead by example and make sure we put the nation first." Zuckerberg said the block on Trump's Facebook page, which has 35 million followers, would last at least until Biden takes office on Jan. White House spokesman Judd Deere said in response that the companies had censored the president at a critical time for the country. "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," Zuckerberg said in his Facebook post. Live-streaming platform Twitch and photo-sharing service Snap Inc issued similar bans. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Thursday post that the risks of allowing him to use the platform were "simply too great."įacebook's move marked the most significant sanction of the president by a major social media company. Trump's accounts remain blocked on Facebook and Instagram for at least two weeks and perhaps indefinitely.
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