Facebook has locked President Trump and he can not post on the site for 24 hours, according to company on Wednesday afternoon. He made the decision after removing some publications that asked for support from the people who attacked the US Capitol on Wednesday.
"We have assessed two policy violations against President Trump's page, which will result in a 24-hour feature block, which means that he will lose the ability to post on that platform. space", The statement states.
Trump's account at Instagram which belongs to Facebook will also be locked for 24 hours, confirmed the head of Instagram Adam Mosseri.
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.
- Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) January 7, 2021
Earlier Wednesday, Facebook removed a video that was posted hours after it was launched attacks, where Trump called on the protesters for support by falsely stating that "we were robbed of the election". The company also removed a message asking supporters to "remember this day forever!"
Twitter also restricted Trump to his platform, locking his account for 12 hours after removing three tweets that the company found to be "serious violations" of its policy.
