YouTube's CEO has confirmed Donald Trump's suspension from the platform will only lift when it's determined the risk violence has decreased.
Susan Wojcicki said Thursday: 'The channel remains suspended due to the risk of incitement to violence. I do want to confirm that we will lift the suspension of the channel... when we determine that the risk of violence has decreased.'
YouTube suspended Trump's channel for violating policies against inciting violence after the assault on the U. S. Capitol by the former president's supporters in January.
Speaking in an interview with the head of the Atlantic Council think tank Wojcicki said recent warnings by the Capitol police about a potential new attack showed that an 'elevated violence risk still remains.'
'Where we stand today it's hard for me to say when that's going to be, but it's pretty clear that right now where we stand that there still is that elevated risk of violence,' she added.
Wojcicki said the platform will heed government warnings and statements, law enforcement presence and rhetoric seen in their site in making their decision.
'We will turn the account back on,' Wojcicki said. 'But it will be when we see the reduced law enforcement in capitals in the U. S, if we don't see different warnings coming out of government agencies, those would all be signals to us that it would be safe to turn the channel back on.'
While YouTube have said Trump's ban is temporary Twitter banned him permanently and Facebook said the move was 'indefinite' while their oversight board investigates.
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