15 Platforms That Have Banned Or Restricted Trump So Far
"We have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence."
Following Wednesday's attempted coup at the US Capitol, which had been openly planned online for weeks, a bunch of online platforms are reexamining their relationship with Donald Trump and his supporters.
So here are the major platforms that have banned or suspended Trump so far:
1. Twitter
After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence. https://t.co/CBpE1I6j8Y
Trump's account has been permanently banned. Other accounts related to the president have been suspended or had tweets deleted for "ban evasion."
2. Snapchat
Snapchat has locked Trump's account indefinitely.
3. TikTok
TikTok removed videos of Trump's speech inciting violence and has blocked hashtags related to the attempted coup.
4. Apple
Apple has banned Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, from the App Store.
5. Google
Google has also removed Parler from its Android app store.
6. Amazon
Parler has been suspended from cloud hosting service Amazon Web Services. This means it'll go offline unless it can find another hosting service.
7. Pinterest
Pinterest has been restricting pro-Trump hashtags, like #StopTheSteal, since the November election to try to limit misinformation and content that could incite violence.
8. Reddit
Reddit has banned r/DonaldTrump.
9. Twitch
We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today.
Trump's account has been disabled indefinitely, and the PogChamp emote has been removed.
10. PayPal
PayPal blocked a group that paid for Trump supporters to travel to Washington, DC. This also applies to Venmo.
11. Shopify
The commerce platform has "terminated stores affiliated with President Trump.”
12. Discord
The pro-Trump server the Donald has been banned "due to its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence and plan an armed insurrection." The server was linked to banned subreddit r/The_Donald and pro-Trump forum TheDonald.win.
13. YouTube
(1/4) Due to the disturbing events that transpired yesterday, and given that the election results have now been certified, starting today *any* channels posting new videos with false claims in violation of our policies will now receive a strike. https://t.co/3pL9e5qoi0
YouTube said that any channels posting misinformation would be "temporarily suspended from posting or live streaming" and receive a strike. Channels with three strikes in 90 days will be permanently removed. One of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani's recent podcasts has been removed.
14. Facebook
Trump has been banned for at least two weeks.
15. Instagram
Trump's Facebook ban also applies to Instagram.