YouTube Bans Trump for Another Week

YouTube said on Tuesday it was extending the one-week ban on outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump from uploading videos or live-streaming to his channel for at least an additional seven days.

Alphabet Inc's video streaming plaform banned Trump on Jan. 12 for a minimum of one week for violating its policy against inciting violence after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress began to certify Biden's victory on Jan. 6.

On Tuesday, YouTube said it was extending the suspension "in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence."

Trump is scheduled to vacate the White House on Wednesday as President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Trump’s YouTube account has 2.79 million subscribers and, posted multiple videos daily from him and from conservative media, CNBC noted.

YouTube will also continue to ban comments from showing on videos that have been posted.

Trump posted his farewell address on Tuesday to the White House YouTube channel, which is still active. The company has been less aggressive than Twitter and Facebook, which have banned Trump's accounts, but which have also stopped him from posting to alternative accounts.

In a video uploaded earlier on Tuesday to the White House's YouTube channel, Trump decried the "shutting down" of debate.

"In America we don't insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes, we just don't do that," he said.

As Trump used social media to challenge the results of the Nov. 3 election, some of his supporters followed with violent rhetoric on the services and planned openly for Jan. 6 gatherings, according to researchers and public postings, prompting criticism of the companies for failing to take action in advance.

Activists have threatened to organize a boycott of YouTube advertising if it does not ban Trump permanently, as Twitter has done. Facebook has blocked his accounts indefinitely.

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Reuters last week that YouTube is treating Trump the same as any other user and will not terminate his account unless he violates the service's policies three times in 90 days.

Newsmax staff  contributed to this report.