YouTube's CEO has confirmed Donald Trump's suspension from the platform will only lift when it's determined the risk violence has decreased.
Susan Wojcicki said Thursday: 'The channel remains suspended due to the risk of incitement to violence. I do want to confirm that we will lift the suspension of the channel... when we determine that the risk of violence has decreased.'
YouTube suspended Trump's channel for violating policies against inciting violence after the assault on the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters in January.
Speaking in an interview with the head of the Atlantic Council think tank Wojcicki said recent warnings by the Capitol police about a potential new attack showed that an 'elevated violence risk still remains.'
'Where we stand today it's hard for me to say when that's going to be, but it's pretty clear that right now where we stand that there still is that elevated risk of violence,' she added.
Wojcicki said the platform will heed government warnings and statements, law enforcement presence and rhetoric seen in their site in making their decision.
'We will turn the account back on,' Wojcicki said. 'But it will be when we see the reduced law enforcement in capitals in the U.S, if we don't see different warnings coming out of government agencies, those would all be signals to us that it would be safe to turn the channel back on.'
YouTube's CEO has confirmed Donald Trump's suspension from the platform will only lift when it's determined the risk violence has decreased
YouTube suspended Trump's channel for violating policies against inciting violence after the assault on the U.S. Capitol by the former president's supporters in January
While YouTube have said Trump's ban is temporary Twitter banned him permanently and Facebook said the move was 'indefinite' while their oversight board investigates.
Nancy Pelosi was on Thursday forced to downplayed a threat to the Capitol by Trump supporters, calling it 'silliness'.
March 4 marks the day predicted by followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory to be when Donald Trump will take power again, returning to D.C. to be inaugurated as president once more.
It as been branded by them as the 'real Inauguration Day' as it was the date formerly scheduled for the event until 1933.
U.S. Capitol Police revealed Wednesday it has received intelligence reports that indicated 'a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group' on the fourth. Security has been heightened around the Capitol out of caution.
YouTube first suspended Trump's page in January and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence, joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts after the deadly Capitol riot.
Trump's access to the social media platforms he has used as a megaphone during his presidency has been largely cut off since a violent mob of his supporters stormed Washington DC on January 6.
The Capitol is being guarded by almost 5,000 troops with DC on heightened alert
Facebook suspended Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
In announcing the suspension, Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Trump used the platform to incite violence and was concerned he would continue to do so.
Twitter went a step further by deleting Trump's account, depriving him of his favorite platform. It was already marking his tweets disputing the election outcome with warnings.
His supporters were also hit with bans.
Wojcicki said the platform will heed government warnings and statements, law enforcement presence and rhetoric seen in their site in making their decision
While YouTube have said Trump's ban is temporary, Twitter banned him permanently and Facebook said the move was 'indefinite'
Trump also was hit with suspensions by services like Snapchat and Twitch.
Google and Apple pulled Parler apps from their shops for digital content shops stating that the right-leaning social network was allowing users to promote violence.
Amazon Web Services later ousted Parler from its data-centers, essentially forcing the social network offline due to lack of hosting services.
The supporters of Trump who attacked the US Capitol were 'provoked' by the president and 'fed lies,' Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the building following a speech by the then president outside the White House in which he repeated his false claims to have won the election.
Five people died in the mayhem and it lead to the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives impeaching Trump for a second time; he was later acquitted.
President Donald Trumps supporters gather outside the Capitol buildinon January 6
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