YouTube Becomes Latest Platform to Temporarily Ban Trump

The president cannot currently post on Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter or Twitch

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After years of letting Donald Trump be Donald Trump, tech companies—most recently YouTube—have taken a stand and suspended his accounts, albeit during the president’s final week in office.

Google-owned YouTube became the latest platform to suspend Trump until after he leaves office on Jan. 20. It’s the latest domino to fall since the president egged on a deadly insurrection in the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, in which one police officer was murdered and bombs were deactivated nearby.

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