After the circulation of rumors about the reactivation of the president's accounts Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook, the company that owns both platforms clarified that remain temporarily suspended.
"There has been no change in the status of the president's Facebook and Instagram accounts," Facebook Inc. spokesman Andy Stone said.
"The indefinite block that prevents the president from publishing from those accounts remains in force and there are no plans to lift it," he added.
The rumors increased this Friday, when several Twitter users began to publish images of the Trump accounts on Instagram and Facebook and they assured that the company had unlocked them.
However, both accounts were always visible because in the case of Mark Zuckerberg's company, The suspension issued on January 7 is temporaryl and it only disables Trump from publishing anything while the suspension lasts.
Facebook Inc.'s official statement explains that both of Trump's accounts will be suspended "at least until the peaceful transition of power is complete," due to "his decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters in the Capitol building."
In the case of Twitter, Trump's account yes it was permanently eliminated, so its content is no longer visible to platform users.
The governments of Germany, France, Mexico and Russia rejected the decision of the companies Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. to suspend the president's accounts, considering that private companies should not regulate the right to freedom of expression.
"They can be interfered with, but by law and within the framework defined by the legislature, not according to a corporate decision," his spokesman Steffen Seibert said on behalf of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The Russian Foreign Ministry considers that the suspension of Trump's accounts can be compared to "a nuclear explosion in cyberspace. "The destruction is not as terrible as the consequences."
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