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On Jan. 6, 2021, after months of listening to false claims from various lawmakers about voter fraud in the presidential election, a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in an apparent attempt to thwart the certification of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. As the situation escalated, U.S. President Donald Trump was called upon to lower the tensions in the area. While Trump addressed the rioters on social media and told them to go home, he continued to spread lies about the integrity of the election. Twitter initially flagged the video with a label noting that Trump's claims about election fraud were disputed. The company also limited the spread of the video as it posed a risk of inciting violence. Shortly after they labeled this video, the company decided to remove the tweet entirely. Twitter removed two other videos posted by Trump on Jan. 6 for similar reasons. At around 7 p.m. EST, the company announced that they were locking the president's Twitter account for 12 hours. Twitter made the announcement in a thread that can be viewed here. The text of this thread appears below: Facebook and YouTube also deleted videos posted by the president on Jan. 6. Facebook said that the videos removed because the president's posts contribute to, rather than diminish, the risk of ongoing violence. Meanwhile, YouTube noted that the president's content violated our policies regarding content that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Election. On Jan. 8, Twitter announced that it had permanently suspended the @realDonaldTrump account due to the risk of further incitement of violence.
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