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Facebook and Twitter block Trump for breaking rules

Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump is seen on TV from a video message released on Twitter addressing rioters at the US Capitol, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2020.

Photo credit: Mandel Ngan | AFP

By  AFP

San Francisco

Facebook barred US President Donald Trump from posting Wednesday over messages it said were promoting violence as his supporters stormed the US Capitol — following a similar stand taken by Twitter.

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