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Washington, Jan 07: In an unprecedented move, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday that President Donald Trump”s accounts on its popular social media platforms – Facebook and Instagram – would remain suspended until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.
Announcing the decision, Zuckerberg said the risk of allowing President Trump to continue to use the platform during this period is “simply too great.”
Trump”s account will be locked “for at least the next two weeks”, he said.
The possibly first ever blocking of a head of a State by Facebook comes in the wake of the unprecedented storming of the US Capitol by Trump’s supporters on Wednesday and thus…
