{"id":2151,"date":"2021-01-07T17:39:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1333357"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:39:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:39:16","slug":"trump-banned-indefinitely-from-facebook-and-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2151","title":{"rendered":"Trump banned \u2018indefinitely\u2019 from Facebook and Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/tnw?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2020%2F10%2FUntitled-design-2020-10-01T165604.930.png&amp;signature=7eff883e838924fc194c1503ac83609e\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook and Instagram \u201c<span>indefinitely\u201d following the riots at the US Capitol building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Trump\u2019s accounts would be blocked at least until Joe Biden replaces him as president on January 20.<\/span><\/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 wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\/posts\/10112681480907401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a Facebook post<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The social network had already&nbsp;blocked&nbsp;<span>Trump from posting for 24 hours. It also<\/span>&nbsp;removed a video of Trump calling the rioters \u201cvery special\u201d and repeating false claims about the election.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/dutch-disruptors\/2020\/12\/15\/meet-the-4-scale-ups-using-data-to-save-the-planet\/\">Meet the 4 scale-ups using data to save the planet<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>Zuckerberg extended the ban because&nbsp;Trump had used the platform to \u201cincite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The move comes amid mounting criticism of Facebook and Twitter for acting as megaphones for Trump\u2019s incendiary messages.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sacca, an&nbsp;early investor in both Twitter and Instagram, tweeted that Zuckerberg and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey \u201chad blood on their hands,\u201d while&nbsp;former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said&nbsp;Twitter bans for inciting violence \u201cshould last for months or years not hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire tech bosses have also been mocked for the frivolity of their recent posts on their platforms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4027777777778\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leadership is acting in a moment of crisis.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@jack<\/a>&#8216;s most recent tweet is from 5 hours ago congratulating an employee on a work anniversary. Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s most recent Facebook post was on Dec. 12 about jelly donuts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3RxitYJBdH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3RxitYJBdH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan Mac \ud83d\ude43 (@RMac18) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RMac18\/status\/1346972196938240002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">January 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/socialmedia\/2021\/01\/07\/trump-banned-indefinitely-from-facebook-and-instagram\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has been banned from Facebook and Instagram \u201cindefinitely\u201d following the riots at the US Capitol building. 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