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Published 19:18 IST, January 13th 2021

Amy Schumer calls out Youtube for giving Donald Trump a 'platform to spread lies'

Amy Schumer raises voice against Youtube allowing Donald Trump to access his account. The actor slammed the site for giving president a platform to spread lies.

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Amy Schumer is in complete disagreement with outgoing President Donald Trump not being banned from the streaming platform Youtube. After Twitter, Facebook and Instagram banned Trump, Schumer took to Twitter to strongly oppose Youtube from allowing the outgoing president to have access to their site. She also tagged the CEO of Youtube to raise her voice. 

Amy Schumer took to Twitter and mentioned Youtube saying that the site is giving Donald Trump a platform to spread lies and conspiracies. She added that with over 4,000 videos and 800 million views, the outgoing president is still getting his ‘stop the steal’ message out through his channel. The actor mentioned that it needs to stop. She also urged people to retweet this message so that Youtube takes an action against Donald Trump.  

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Sacha Baron Cohen slams Youtube and Google for not banning Donald Trump

Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen has also taken to Twitter in order to urge officials namely Susan Wojcicki and Sundar Pichai to ban President Donald Trump from their video sharing service, YouTube. He tagged the two CEOs in a tweet which saw him requesting the two to take down the outgoing President's YouTube account for good after all the other social media platforms have either restricted his activities on their platform or permanently suspended him for the same. Sacha Baron Cohen considers banning Trump from using every social media platform as a necessary step towards saving democracy. 

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What happened to Donald Trump's Twitter

Trump's Twitter handle has been permanently banned owing to the repeated violations of the platform's policy by the president, including the recurrent posting of unfounded claims about a "rigged election". Ever since Trump lost the election to Joe Biden, he has been continuously levelling baseless allegations, claiming election fraud and irregularities, often sharing conspiracy theories on Twitter. On several occasions, Twitter had to flag Trump's posts regarding the election, often attaching a warning underneath, saying the "above-mentioned information is inaccurate" or "please visit the official election website for more information about the presidential polls".

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19:18 IST, January 13th 2021