(For representation) US President Donald Trump counts money before donating it as he attends a service at the International Church of Las Vegas in Las Vegas. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Mark Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page that the ban, which was announced Wednesday for 24 hours, was extended because of Trump’s ‘use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government’.
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Facebook banned President Donald Trump from the platform “indefinitely” due to the US leader’s efforts to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.
Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page that the ban, which was announced Wednesday for 24 hours, was extended because of Trump’s “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…