
YouTube suspends Trump’s account, barring uploads and comments
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Valley International Airport after visiting the U.S.-Mexico border wall, in Harlingen, Texas, January 12, 2021.
Carlos Barria | Reuters
Google has suspended President Donald Trump’s account and issued the White House a warning on YouTube, which is the world’s largest video platform.
The Google-owned company said Tuesday night that Trump uploaded content that violated its policies, giving it an automatic one-strike, which leads to a minimum seven-day suspension from uploading new content. It said it is also disabling the comments section.
The company did not specify which videos violated its policies