US Capitol Riot: Major Platforms That Have Banned Or Restricted Trump So Far

Twenty federal criminal defendants related to last week’s deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol have been rounded up across the US since the insurrection, with the allegations showing the danger of the mob.

Some of the defendants are accused of bringing weapons and bombs to Capitol Hill, indicative of the extremism of parts of the crowd. Others were photographed ransacking the building, smiling while posing with congressional items such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lectern or at her staffer’s desk, or publicly bragged about the crowd’s violent and destructive joyride.

Following Wednesday’s attempted coup at the US Capitol, which had been openly planned online for weeks, a bunch of online platforms are reexamining their relationship with Donald Trump and his supporters.

So here are the major platforms that have banned or suspended Trump so far:

1. Twitter

In the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. https://t.co/NrANZJcAfo

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 8, 2021

Trump’s account has been permanently banned. Other accounts related to the president have been suspended or had tweets deleted for “ban evasion.”

2. Snapchat

Snapchat has locked Trump’s account indefinitely.

3. TikTok

TikTok removed videos of Trump’s speech inciting violence and has blocked hashtags related to the attempted coup.

4. Apple

Apple has banned Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, from the App Store.

5. Google

Google has also removed Parler from its Android app store.

6. Amazon

Parler has been suspended from cloud hosting service Amazon Web Services. This means it’ll go offline unless it can find another hosting service.

7. Pinterest

Pinterest has been restricting pro-Trump hashtags, like #StopTheSteal, since the November election to try to limit misinformation and content that could incite violence.

8. Reddit

Reddit has banned r/DonaldTrump.

9. Twitch

We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today.

— Twitch (@Twitch) January 7, 2021

Trump’s account has been disabled indefinitely, and the PogChamp emote has been removed.

10. PayPal

PayPal blocked a group that paid for Trump supporters to travel to Washington, DC. This also applies to Venmo.

11. Shopify

The commerce platform has “terminated stores affiliated with President Trump.”

12. Discord

The pro-Trump server the Donald has been banned “due to its overt connection to an online forum used to incite violence and plan an armed insurrection.” The server was linked to banned subreddit r/The_Donald and pro-Trump forum TheDonald.win.

13. YouTube

(1/4) Due to the disturbing events that transpired yesterday, and given that the election results have now been certified, starting today *any* channels posting new videos with false claims in violation of our policies will now receive a strike. https://t.co/3pL9e5qoi0

— YouTube Creators (@YouTubeCreators) January 7, 2021

YouTube said that any channels posting misinformation would be “temporarily suspended from posting or live streaming” and receive a strike. Channels with three strikes in 90 days will be permanently removed. 

14. Facebook

Trump has been banned for at least two weeks.

15. Instagram

Trump’s Facebook ban also applies to Instagram.