YouTube said it has suspended President Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence after last week’s assault on the Capitol by the president’s supporters reut.rs/38GgkAo 
Online platforms and social media companies are distancing themselves from, and taking action against, those that encouraged or engaged in the violence in Washington, DC
Trump’s channel is now prevented from uploading new videos or livestreams for a minimum of seven days, which may be extended, YouTube said in a statement. The company has also indefinitely disabled comments under videos on the channel
The suspension of Trump’s channel came after comments that he made at a news conference, which was streamed on the platform on Tuesday morning, the company said
YouTube’s action against the president comes after U.S. civil rights groups told @Reuters that they were set to organize an advertiser boycott against the company if it does not remove Trump’s channel reut.rs/35B8HJO
Facebook’s operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world’s largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of President Donald Trump reut.rs/3oBfCKq
Facebook identified and suspended 17 disinformation networks on its platforms in December, representing its largest monthly takedown, the U.S. tech giant said reut.rs/38CawYU
Online misinformation that led to violent unrest at the Capitol last week has gone beyond false claims and has reached the point of 'radicalization,' researchers told a #ReutersNext panel reut.rs/3i9Z0qO
Before Apple banned Parler from its App Store store on Saturday, the social media site topped the charts as the most popular free app on its App Store in the United States. What is Parler and why has it been pulled offline? reut.rs/3slhZU0
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