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Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Tuesday it lifted restrictions on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s channel, more than two years after the channel was suspended following deadly riots on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021.
Former US President Donald Trump. (AFP)
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Meta Platforms Inc restored Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts earlier this year, while his Twitter account was restored by new owner Elon Musk in November.
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“We carefully assessed the ongoing risk of real-world violence while balancing voters’ equal opportunity to hear from key national candidates ahead of the election,” YouTube said in a tweet about the move.
The video streaming platform banned Trump in 2021 for violating its policy of inciting violence after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress began to testify to Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election.
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