Facebook indefinitely suspends Trump accounts

Facebook suspends the accounts of the president of the United States. The founder and CEO of the social network, Mark Zuckerberg, has assured in a message on his personal account of the social network that both Facebook and Instagram will extend “indefinitely”, and at least for the next two weeks, the blockade at accounts of Donald Trump, after the assault on the United States Capitol. After assuring, earlier this morning, that he blocked the Republican’s profiles for only 24 hours: “We believe that the risks of allowing the president to continue using our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the blocking of their Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is completed, “he says. We believe the risks of allowing President Trump to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great, so we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks. pic.twitter.com/JkyGOTYB1Z – Facebook Newsroom (@fbnewsroom) January 7, 2021 For its part, Twitter has temporarily blocked the personal account of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, -his main means of communication- on Thursday after the publication of a video in which he asked his followers to return home, but insisted that the presidential elections were fraudulent. In addition, the social network has threatened to suspend him permanently after weeks of messages in which he has disputed the result of the elections and encouraged his followers to repudiate the elections. A scenario that has ended with his supporters’ assault on the Capitol on Wednesday.A message that has also been removed from Facebook, which has decided to temporarily cancel the profile that President Donald Trump has on this social network for the next 24 hours. Specifically, the social network has deleted a video in which the president He called on his supporters to cease the violence with a message that not only did not condemn the incidents outright, but seemed to praise his supporters, whom he described as “very special” people while also doubling down on his accusations about baseless electoral fraud. and blamed “other people”, without specifying. Facebook also blocks Trump A message that was also removed from Facebook, which has announced a temporary veto of the profile that President Donald Trump has on this social network for the next 24 hours, due to “two violations” of its policies, “which means that you will lose the ability to post on the platform for the indicated time.” A veto that will finally be indefinite. For his part, Facebook’s vice president of integrity, Guy Rosen, explained this morning on Twitter that in the face of this “emergency situation” caused by the assault on the Capitol, they are taking “emergency measures appropriate, including the removal of the video of President Trump. “We eliminated it because, in general, we believe that it contributes, rather than diminishes, the risk of continued violence.” This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.- Guy Rosen (@guyro) January 6, 2021 After blocking the video of Trump encouraging his followers, the public communication account of Twitter has issued an alert where he explained that “as a result of the violent, continuous and unprecedented situation that is happening in Washington DC, we have requested the removal of three messages from Donald Trump for constant and serious violations of our civic integrity policy. As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, DC, we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy. https://t.co/k6OkjNG3bM – Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021 Suspended for 12 hours In addition, the US social network Twitter explained this Thursday that the personal account of the outgoing president of the Casa Blanaca, @realdonaldtrump, will remain suspended during the next 12 hours after the deletion of these messages that, if they had not been eliminated, would have meant an extension of the aforementioned blockade. However, those responsible for Twitter have warned that it is “a violation of Twitter rules, including our civic integrity policies or violent threats will lead to the permanent suspension “of the president’s account. In addition, they have warned that they control all the movements related to the issue of the assault on the Capitol in the next few hours. “We will keep the public informed, even if a hardening of our approach is necessary.” Likewise, Twitter has communicated that it continues to “assess the situation. in real time ”and that it is awaiting future statements, including those made outside the scope of the social network.”We will keep the public informed, even if a tightening of our approach is necessary,” the company concluded, referring to the total suspension of the US president’s account.