Donald Trump will have to continue to do without YouTube. Already suspended from the video platform for a period of one week, on two occasions, after the violent invasion of the Capitol on January 6, the channel of the former US president (2.77 million subscribers) saw this sentence extended for an indefinite period, reported Tuesday, January 26, US media.
“Given the concerns about ever-potential acts of violence, Donald J. Trump’s channel will remain suspended”, a YouTube spokeswoman told Politico.
YouTube, owned by Google, had been criticized for the slowness of its response, after more drastic measures taken by other social networks. YouTube simply suspended all publication of new videos on the official channel of the former head of state.
Rudy Giuliani also targeted
Separately, YouTube confirmed on Tuesday to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that it had temporarily suspended Rudy Giuliani from its “Partners”, the latter having repeatedly broken the platform’s rules regarding disinformation around the US elections.
The lawyer, whose channel has around 600,000 subscribers, no longer has access to certain features and no longer receives revenue from sales of advertisements broadcast before a video begins. The site clarified that channels removed from the monetization program could appeal or resend a new application within thirty days, provided the issues involved were resolved.
The former New York mayor has fueled conspiracy theories supported by many close to Donald Trump that the presidential ballot was rigged in favor of Joe Biden. Rudy Giuliani had notably said in his show on YouTube that the electoral machines of the company Dominion Voting Systems had contributed to “Steal the election” to the former Republican President. It sued Rudy Giuliani on Monday for defamation, claiming 1.3 billion in damages for having damaged his reputation and endangered his employees.
Mr. Giuliani, 76, is also threatened with exclusion from the New York bar.
