{"id":77584,"date":"2021-01-07T17:42:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77584"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:42:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T16:42:41","slug":"facebook-blocks-trump-indefinitely-twitter-for-12-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/facebook-blocks-trump-indefinitely-twitter-for-12-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook blocks Trump indefinitely&#8230;Twitter for 12 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from its social networking platforms for at least two weeks, just one day after a mob of MAGA supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/congress-will-resume-counting-electoral-votes-tonight-after-capitol-riot-pelosi-says?ref=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/congress-will-resume-counting-electoral-votes-tonight-after-capitol-riot-pelosi-says?ref%3Dhome&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610123502510000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE8Dh3sg2XLI43OGiLfpsD0Q53Y6w\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">Congress met to confirm Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0victory.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, founder Mark Zuckerberg said that after the events of the last 24 hours, the tech giant believes the president \u201cintends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.\u201d As a result, the company is blocking his accounts on Facebook and Instagram \u201cindefinitely\u201d\u2014and for at least the next two weeks\u2014until the peaceful transition of power is complete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,\u201d Zuckerberg said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the certification of the election results by Congress, the priority for the whole country must now be to ensure that the remaining 13 days and the days after inauguration pass peacefully and in accordance with established democratic norms,\u201d Zuckerberg said. \u201cOver the last several years, we have allowed President Trump to use our platform consistent with our own rules, at times removing content or labeling his posts when they violate our policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did this because we believe that the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech, even controversial speech. But the current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government,\u201d the Facebook CEO added.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s decision to remove Trump comes one day after Twitter locked the president\u2019s accounts in the wake of the riots.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1346970432017031178?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1346970432017031178?s%3D20&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1610123502510000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEiTW1Gh4HLI3lZKshnevxIGnLCWQ\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\" data-mt-detrack-attachment-inspected=\"true\">statement<\/a>, Twitter wrote, \u201cAs a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. The account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets.\u201d The ban came after Trump released a short and sympathetic video on Twitter that told his supporters \u201cyou\u2019re very special,\u201d while asking them to leave the Capitol area.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate tweet, Trump continued with his election lies, writing, \u201cThese are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously &amp; viciously stripped away from great patriots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>YouTube and Facebook ultimately removed the video from Trump\u2019s accounts for violating their rules. In a statement to The Daily Beast, YouTube said Trump\u2019s video \u201cviolated our policies regarding content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while Twitter threatened to permanently suspend Trump\u2019s account should future violations occur, it seems the outgoing president will gain access to his favorite social media platform before getting back on Facebook.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from its social networking platforms for at least two weeks, just one day after a mob of MAGA supporters violently stormed the U.S.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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