On Wednesday 13 January, YouTube became the latest platform to
suspend President Donald Trump.
YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc, has been under considerable
pressure over the past few days, as civil rights groups were set to
organize an advertiser boycott against the company if it did not
remove Trump's channel.
The platform held out longer than the other main platforms, but
has now suspended Trump's YouTube channel for 7 days. The final
straw appears to have been comments Trump made at a news
conference, which was streamed on the platform on Tuesday
morning.
In practice, YouTube's suspension of Trump's channel
means much of the existing content is still available, but the
channel is temporarily prevented from uploading new content and
streaming live streams for 7 days. YouTube has
also removed some recent content. It has also disabled comments
across the channel indefinitely, citing safety
concerns.
