Trump Blocked From Facebook and Instagram ‘Indefinitely’

The president has also been blocked from Facebook-owned Instagram “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks,” according to Adam Mosseri, the head of the company.

Trump’s Facebook page was initially blocked for 24 hours on Wednesday, soon after his Twitter account was locked and three of his tweets were removed.

Issuing its first-ever ban on the outgoing president, Twitter added he will face a “permanent suspension” from the platform if the offending tweets are not deleted.

In one video, Trump addressed his supporters, who had clashed with police in Washington DC forcing a lockdown at the US Capitol building.

In the video the president told protesters that they “have to go home now”, adding “we don’t want anybody hurt”, but he also claimed that “this was a fraudulent election”.

Twitter had earlier removed the retweet, like and reply functions on the video.