Snapchat plans to ban permanently President Trump
Donald TrumpCotton: The Senate lacks the authority to hold an impeachment trial as soon as Trump leaves office Marjorie Taylor Greene says he will present impeachment articles against Biden ICE that the incumbent director resigns weeks after taking office MOREaccount on the social media platform, since the president-elect Joe Biden
Joe BidenCotton: The Senate lacks the authority to hold the impeachment trial when Trump leaves office Marjorie Taylor Greene says he will present impeachment articles against Biden ICE that the incumbent director resigns weeks after taking office MORE takes office later this month, a Snapchat spokesman confirmed to The Hill.
Axios first reported the decision Wednesday. A platform spokesman told The Hill in an email statement that, following the platform’s announcement last week of an indefinite suspension on Trump’s account in the aftermath of the violent pro-Trump siege on Capitol Hill, Snpachat has “assessing which long-term actions are in the best interest of our Snapchat community. “
“In the interest of public security, and based on your attempts to spread misinformation, hate speech and incite violence, which are clear violations of our guidelines, we have made the decision to permanently close your account,” added the spokesman.
Snapchat noted that for months Trump has repeatedly violated community guidelines and terms of service since the platform in June decided to stop promoting the president’s account on “Discover” section, which features professional content and content from important people.
Snapchat’s latest decision, whose platform the Trump campaign and the digital team used to reach a younger audience, comes when other social media companies have also taken steps to permanently or indefinitely suspend Trump accounts and some of their supporters to avoid more violence to arise Trump’s baseless allegations of a “stolen” election.
Twitter last Friday permanently banned Trump account, arguing that his posts represented “The risk of further incitement to violence”. Days later, the platform announced this banned more than 70,000 accounts that content shared around the QAnon conspiracy theory in the wake of the Capitol riot.
Facebook indefinitely suspended Trump’s account at least until Biden’s inauguration on January 20, and that of the president The YouTube channel has been temporarily suspended Wednesday due to violations of the platform’s policies and concerns about the “continued potential for violence,” the company said in a statement.
Last week’s violent crowd on the Capitol forced lawmakers to be locked up for hours. Five people died in the chaos, including a Capitol police officer who was hit by a fire extinguisher and a California woman who was shot dead by another police officer while trying to break into the Speaker’s lobby near the floor of the Chamber.
Trump criticized social media platforms Tuesday, telling reporters that he believed technology companies were being “Divisionist” and said it is “very, very bad for our country”.
“I think Big Tech is doing a horrible thing for our country and for our country and I believe it will be a catastrophic mistake for them,” said Trump.
The house on Wednesday voted for Trump’s impeachment a second time, with the latest article accusing the president of inciting violence on Capitol Hill last week. Trump for months repeated unproven allegations of widespread electoral fraud in the 2020 election, and told a crowd of supporters at a rally ahead of last week’s rebellion to march to Congress to prevent Biden’s victory certification.