Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote today that his social media platforms will lock President Donald Trump’s accounts through Inauguration Day to allow a peaceful transfer of power. That includes Facebook and Instagram. Twitter has already locked the president out to prevent him from speaking to his followers.
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Zuckerberg wrote on his personal Facebook page. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”
On Thursday morning, Trump issued a statement through one of his spokesmen, Dan Scavino, who posted it on his own Twitter account:
“Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
