Facebook this week advised its employees to refrain from wearing the company’s branded clothing in public for fear of their safety, after the social media company suspended the account of US President Donald Trump. “In light of recent events, our security division advises all employees to refrain from wearing or wearing branded clothing or items. Facebook at this time, “read an internal letter sent to employees on Monday.
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In the days following the siege of the Capitol building, Facebook suspended Trump’s account for at least two weeks, and began removing all posts relating to the “Stop The Steal” campaign initiated by the president where it was falsely alleged that Democrats falsified the election results.
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook Photo: Bloomberg
Following the riots, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the platform blocked Trump’s account “until further notice” due to “the great risks involved in allowing the president to continue using the service during his tenure,” and that the blockade would last at least two weeks until the transfer to Joe Biden was completed. On January 20. ” A day after Facebook suspended Trump’s account, Twitter followed suit and blocked the president’s account “due to the risk of further incitement to violence,” the company said.