“Last week we announced an indefinite suspension of President Trump Snapchat (SNAP) and we’ve been assessing what long-term actions are in the best interest of our Snapchat community, “a Snapchat spokesman said.” In the interest of public safety, and based on their attempts to disseminate misinformation, hate speech and incite violence, which constitute a clear violation of our guidelines, we have made the decision to definitively terminate their account “.
Social media platforms have struggled to eliminate or limit the reach of inflammatory content and accounts following the U.S. Capitol riots and ahead of next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, with a special focus on what to do about the accounts related to the president.
Last week, Facebook said it would ban Trump’s account from posting at least the rest of his term and perhaps “indefinitely.” Twitter, Trump’s favorite online megaphone, initially blocked his account for inciting what turned out to be a violent insurgency at the U.S. Capitol. He tweeted twice more before Twitter decided he had finally had enough and had permanently suspended his account.
YouTube said Tuesday it has suspended the Trump channel for at least a week, and potentially more, after its channel got a strike under the platform’s policies.