YouTube Suspends Trump's Account; Google Pauses Political Ads (Again)

by AdExchanger // Thursday, January 14th, 2021 – 12:03 am Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Canceling The Don The bans and account suspensions just keep on coming for President Trump. On Tuesday, YouTube said that it has suspended his channel for at least a week, The New York Times reports. YouTube, which has typically been fairly slow to crack down on problematic content, cited concern over “ongoing potential for violence” in the wake of the riot at the US Capitol last week. Trump is already permanently banned on Twitter and banned on Facebook at least until President-elect Biden’s inauguration. In a tweet (oh, the irony!), YouTube’s official Twitter account said that YouTube is also disabling all comments on Trump’s channel indefinitely. The seven-day suspension from YouTube is an “important and necessary first step” that should become permanent, said Jim Steyer, chief executive of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit news media watchdog group. “While it is disappointing that it took a Trump-incited attack on our Capitol to get here, it appears that all the major platforms are finally beginning to step up,” Steyer said. Hitting Pause (Again) Sticking with the “You’re fired” theme, Google took…
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