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 t being banned from streaming platform Youtube. After Twitter, Facebook and Instagram banned Trump, Schumer took to Twitter to strongly oppose Youtube from allowing outgoing president to have access to ir site. She also tagged CEO of Youtube to raise her voice. 

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

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Sacha Baron Cohen slams Youtube and Google for t 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 ir video sharing service, YouTube. He tagged two CEOs in a tweet which saw him requesting two to take down outgoing President's YouTube account for good after all or social media platforms have eir restricted his activities on ir platform or permanently suspended him for  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 repeated violations of platform's policy by president, including recurrent posting of unfounded claims about a "rigged election". Ever since Trump lost election to Joe Biden, he has been continuously levelling baseless allegations, claiming election fraud and irregularities, often sharing conspiracy ories on Twitter. On several occasions, Twitter had to flag Trump's posts regarding election, often attaching a warning underneath, saying "above-mentioned information is inaccurate" or "please visit official election website for more information about presidential polls".

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19:18 IST, January 13th 2021