Member of Federation Council Alexey Pushkov commented on the blocking of the US President Donald Trump on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitch and Twitter. The Russian senator shared his opinion in Telegram -channel.
“When freedom of speech is unbearable, the game stops. But you can freely call on the incumbent president to be jailed and blame him for the devil knows what,” Pushkov stressed, accusing American Internet sites of censorship.
Earlier, a number of the largest social networks blocked Trump’s account. In addition, Twitter and YouTube blocked a video in which he addressed the protesters at Capitol, urged them to go home and announced the “stolen” elections from him. Later, the American leader’s Twitter account was unbanned .
On January 6, Republican protesters stormed the Capitol building and surrounded the Senate Hall. The Senate and the House of Representatives interrupted a meeting at which it was planned to approve the results of the last elections. According to this data, Biden won the presidential election. During the protests, four people were killed and the police detained nearly 70 rioters.