Facebook dan Twitter telah menggantung akaun Donald Trump daripada platform-platform tersebut untuk masa yang tertentu, tetapi terkini, nampaknya Facebook dan Instagram akan melanjutkan penggantungan tersebut untuk jangkamasa lebih lama.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook mengumumkan bahawa penggantungan akaun mantan Presiden Amerika Syarikat, Donald Trump yang sepatutnya berakhir selepas 24 jam akan dilanjutkan sepanjang hayat, ataupun sekurang-kurangnya sehingga hari pertabalan Presiden Amerika Syarikat yang seterusnya, iaitu Joe Biden.
Platform-platform media sosial menggantung akaun Donald Trump kerana pos yang bersifat menghasut orang untuk menyerang bangunan Capitol Hill, dimana ramai pengikutnya telah mengerumuni dan menceroboh kawasan tersebut, mengakibatkan situasi yang sangat tegang diantara orang ramai dan juga pihak penguatkuasa.
Kenyataan penuh Mark Zuckerberg mengenai situasi ini adalah seperti berikut:
The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.
His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building has rightly disturbed people in the US and around the world. We removed these statements yesterday because we judged that their effect — and likely their intent — would be to provoke further violence.
Following the certification of the election results by Congress, the priority for the whole country must now be to ensure that the remaining 13 days and the days after inauguration pass peacefully and in accordance with established democratic norms.
Over the last several years, we have allowed President Trump to use our platform consistent with our own rules, at times removing content or labeling his posts when they violate our policies. We did this because we believe that the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech, even controversial speech. But the current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.
We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.