Facebook has banned President Donald Trump from the platform “indefinitely” due to his influence to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday.

Earlier the platform including Instagram imposed a 24-hour ban on President Trump’s account on 6th January. But later it was extended because of Trump’s “use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government,” said Zuckerberg.

The Facebook CEO added: “The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.”

This announcement came due to his false claims about the legitimacy of his loss to Mr. Biden, and for inciting the angry mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.

“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Mr. Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”

As of now we only know that this ban is at least till his term.

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