Trump used Facebook and Instagram ‘to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government,’ says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg appears remotely at an October hearing (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) Facebook is banning Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram “indefinitely.” “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Thursday post. Following Wednesday’s attack on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, Facebook imposed a 24-hour ban on Trump’s account for “two policy violations” on posts in which Trump sympathized with those who were, at the time, terrorizing the Capitol. One post included a video that concluded with Trump telling them, “We love you, you’re very special.” “We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect—and likely their intent—would be to provoke further violence,” Zuckerberg said today.
