The Facebook has locked out President Trump and is unable to post on the site for 24 hours, the company said Wednesday afternoon. He made the decision after removing some posts calling for support from the people who attacked the US Capitol on Wednesday.
"We have evaluated 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,” the statement read.
Ο account Trump's Facebook-owned Instagram will also be locked for 24 hours, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri confirmed.
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 one video published hours after the attack began, where Trump called on 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.
