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After the trashing of the US Capitol by a mob incited by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg found the rampage, which had been planned for weeks on social media, shocking and extended the temporary block placed on Trump s Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely, or for at least two weeks.
Zuckerberg in a statement said Facebook has allowed Trump to say more or less whatever he wants for the past few years because we believe that the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech, even controversial speech.
Facebook, Instagram Bans Donald Trump Indefinitely for Inciting US Capitol Violence
Mark Zuckerberg said a one-day ban imposed on Trump s accounts at Facebook and Instagram was extended. By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 8 January 2021 09:42 IST
The announcement came day after the outgoing US leader was locked out of all major social media platforms
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Snapchat locked Trump out of the photo sharing platform
Trump urged the mob to march on the Capitol
Facebook has banned President Donald Trump from the platform indefinitely due to his efforts to incite violence at the US Capitol, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.
Zuckerberg said a one-day ban imposed on Trump s accounts at Facebook and Instagram was extended because of Trump s use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.
US News: US President Donald Trump returned to Twitter on Thursday. Twitter unlocked the president's account, which has 88 million followers after Trump remove
The group fighting a dam on the Ocklawaha River for more than 50 years is honoring former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham for his many years of efforts to restore the river flowing from near Orlando to the St. Johns River near Palatka. The dam was built as part of an ill-fated attempt to build a barge canal across the state. The Florida Defenders of the Environment, founded by legendary environmentalist Marjorie Carr, will present to Graham the Marjorie Harris Carr Award for Environmental Advocacy 50 years after canal construction was halted.