YouTube Suspends Donald Trump’s 3-Million-Subs Channel Indefinitely

YouTube has announced that it will extend its ban on Donald Trump’s account indefinitely due to concerns of him inciting further violence.

The former President has 3 million subscribers in his channel.

These concerns stem from the pro-Trump riot at Capitol Hill on 6 January 2021 when Donald Trump made a comment that he would “never concede” the 2020 US Presidential elections (which he lost) and urged his thousands of supporters to march into the US Capitol building via a Tweet.

In the wise words of a primary school student, “What a sore loser!”

Recap of What Happened in the Capitol on 6 Jan

About an hour after his comment on 6 Jan, while legislators gathered for a joint congressional session to certify Joe Biden’s victory, Donald Trump’s supporters began to congregate outside the Capitol.

Shortly after, the Trump supporters hulked out and broke through metal fences and entered the Capitol building.

The police evacuated the legislators and then took approximately three hours to clear the pro-Trump supporters from the Capitol building. Police had to resort to guns and tear gas to disperse protesters.

As a result of the riot, 4 rioters and 1 policeman lost their lives.

Trump Suspended from Other Social Media Accounts

By 8 January 2021, various social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram banned former US President, Donald Trump’s accounts.

On 13 January 2021, YouTube had announced that it would also suspend Trump’s account. The suspension allowed Trump’s account to be online but prevented the ex-President from uploading new videos.

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

On 27 January 2021, YouTube has announced that it would permanently ban Donald Trump’s account but it has since received flak from netizens for its tardy decision.

Trump’s Legal Advisor Demonetized

Additionally, the former president’s legal advisor, Rudy Giuliani, would be removed from the YouTube Partner Program. This would mean that Giuliani’s YouTube channel can no longer be monetised as he posted videos violating its monetization policies.

Giuliani can appeal the decision in 30 days.

Yah, bet you didn’t know that the man whose sweat is black has a YouTube channel, eh? In fact, he’s been uploading regular videos to his 582k-subscriber channel.

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