YouTube, owned by Google, has just suspended President Trump’s ability to upload videos, claiming he posted a video that violated their policies or something:
1/ After review, and in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump’s channel for violating our policies. It now has its 1st strike & is temporarily prevented from uploading new content for a *minimum* of 7 days.
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) January 13, 2021
2/ Given the ongoing concerns about violence, we will also be indefinitely disabling comments on President Trump’s channel, as we’ve done to other channels where there are safety concerns found in the comments section. https://t.co/1aBENHGU5z
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) January 13, 2021
Google is suspending Trump for a minimum of 7 days. In other words, they won’t give him access again until after the inauguration.
I don’t know what the video was that was uploaded, but I have my doubts as to whether it really violated anything. But I guess, unlike the others, a temporary suspension is better than a permanent one.