YouTube Restores Donald Trump’s Channel After More Than Two-Year Ban
YouTube said it reinstated
Donald Trump’s
channel, following other social-media companies that have removed bans on the former president’s account.
“Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a tweet Friday. “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.”
Mr. Trump said in November he is running for president in 2024.
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YouTube suspended Mr. Trump’s channel in January 2021 after the riot at the Capitol. The video-sharing service said it suspended the channel after the company removed videos that it said violated its policies against content it believes could incite violence.
YouTube said Friday that Mr. Trump’s channel must adhere to the site’s policies like other channels. The account has 2.64 million followers.
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Facebook and Instagram allowed Mr. Trump back on their platforms in February after they suspended his accounts in 2021.
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also reinstated Mr. Trump’s account on Twitter last year after polling users on the platform. The Twitter poll from November recorded 51.8% of votes in favor of reinstating Mr. Trump’s account and 48.2% against.
Snapchat
parent Snap Inc. also suspended Mr. Trump’s account indefinitely and hasn’t reinstated it.
Mr. Trump hasn’t posted on any of those social-media sites and has instead continued posting on his Truth Social platform. Mr. Trump is obligated for some time to make any social-media posts first on Truth Social, according to a regulatory filing. Exceptions include posts from a personal account for certain political activities.
Representatives for Mr. Trump didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Trump’s Twitter account, which has 87.4 million followers, was his preferred social-media platform before running for office and while in the White House. Many of his posts to Facebook, where he has 34 million followers, were cross-posted from Twitter.
Some of the last posts on Mr. Trump’s YouTube channel include snippets of a speech he gave at a rally in Alamo, Texas. One of the last videos posted to the account shows crowds of supporters of Mr. Trump gathered in Washington, D.C., before the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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YouTube said it reinstated
Donald Trump’s
channel, following other social-media companies that have removed bans on the former president’s account.
“Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a tweet Friday. “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.”
Mr. Trump said in November he is running for president in 2024.
Alphabet Inc.’s
GOOG 1.34%
YouTube suspended Mr. Trump’s channel in January 2021 after the riot at the Capitol. The video-sharing service said it suspended the channel after the company removed videos that it said violated its policies against content it believes could incite violence.
YouTube said Friday that Mr. Trump’s channel must adhere to the site’s policies like other channels. The account has 2.64 million followers.
Meta Platforms Inc.’s
META -3.24%
Facebook and Instagram allowed Mr. Trump back on their platforms in February after they suspended his accounts in 2021.
Elon Musk
also reinstated Mr. Trump’s account on Twitter last year after polling users on the platform. The Twitter poll from November recorded 51.8% of votes in favor of reinstating Mr. Trump’s account and 48.2% against.
Snapchat
parent Snap Inc. also suspended Mr. Trump’s account indefinitely and hasn’t reinstated it.
Mr. Trump hasn’t posted on any of those social-media sites and has instead continued posting on his Truth Social platform. Mr. Trump is obligated for some time to make any social-media posts first on Truth Social, according to a regulatory filing. Exceptions include posts from a personal account for certain political activities.
Representatives for Mr. Trump didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Mr. Trump’s Twitter account, which has 87.4 million followers, was his preferred social-media platform before running for office and while in the White House. Many of his posts to Facebook, where he has 34 million followers, were cross-posted from Twitter.
Some of the last posts on Mr. Trump’s YouTube channel include snippets of a speech he gave at a rally in Alamo, Texas. One of the last videos posted to the account shows crowds of supporters of Mr. Trump gathered in Washington, D.C., before the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Write to Joseph De Avila at [email protected]
Copyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8