Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said early Thursday that Facebook was blocking President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” The decision follows a violent breach of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday by Trump supporters, who had convened at the urging of the outgoing president to protest...
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