Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts in response to storming of US Capitol

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Twitter and Facebook Inc temporarily locked the accounts of US President Donald Trump, as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about the US presidential elections amid riots at the US Capitol.

"We've assessed two policy violations against President Trump's Page which will result in a 24-hour feature block, meaning he will lose the ability to post on the platform during that time," Facebook said.and said that if the tweets are not removed, the account would remain locked, meaning the president would be unable to tweet from @realDonaldTrump.

YouTube said Trump's video violated its policy against content that alleges"widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Election."Dozens of Facebook staffers called for executives to clarify how they were handling Trump's posts, with some calling for his account to be taken down for inciting the violence at the Capitol, according to internal posts seen by Reuters.

Internal communications managers quickly closed comments on the threads, saying in identical posts that updates would be provided but"the priority right now is actively dealing with the ongoing situation."In a separate internal memo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said,"As Guy mentioned, our teams are actively monitoring the situation. We removed the recent video of President Trump's remarks expressing support for the people causing the violence.

 

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Multi-billion dollar corporations, with no lawful authority nor democratic mandate, are claiming to have power over what the President of the United States is allowed to say. Apparently, fans of democrazy [and corporatocracy] are all supposed to think this is a good thing.

US is getting closer into having an Anarchy!

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