YouTube reactivates the official channel of Donald Trump after two years of suspension

After two years of suspension, donald trump has been able to regain access to his official YouTube channel. As is known, the former president of the United States was suspended in January 2021 after the assault on the Capitol.

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The video platform released this information through a Twitter thread. “This channel will remain subject to our policies, just like any other YouTube channel”, he pointed. Likewise, he revealed that Trump will be able to share new material.

1/ Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content. We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.

— YouTube Insider (@YouTubeInsider) March 17, 2023

Initially, YouTube banned Trump from uploading content for a week; however, this ban was extended indefinitely. In May of that year, YouTube’s then-CEO Susan Wojcicki said that she would return her account once they were certain that the risk of violent incitement was low.

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YouTube is the last platform to lift the veto against the former president. Twitter, Instagram and Facebook had already done it long ago.

In 2016, during the presidential campaign in the United States, said Social media ranked as an important piece of Trump’s political marketing strategy. These digital communication channels helped the presence of the then candidate to grow.

At the moment, the accounts on social networks have not received any kind of update. Donald Trump has 34 million followers on Facebook, 23 million on Instagram, 88 million on Twitter and 3 million on YouTube. It will probably be a matter of weeks for the Republican to resume his activity on the Internet.

Source: Elcomercio

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