Video sharing titan Youtube has hit Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani with fresh restrictions. The tech giant has restricted Giuliani from making any money on the platform. YouTube also extended Trump’s suspension from the platform indefinitely.
Politico reports:
The Google-owned company announced that for the second timein two weeks, it would extend restrictions that block Trump from posting on the platform. The company initially blocked him on Jan. 12 amid fears of additional violence in the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol by Trump’s supporters.
YouTube initially said it was giving Trump his first of three strikes before it would permanently ban him from the site under its content policies, suspending him for a minimum of one week. It extended that suspension last Tuesday for at least another week. But the company offered no timetable for the latest extension, making his suspension effectively indefinite.
YouTube separately said it will temporarily bar Giuliani from participating in a program that allows him to make money off his channel due to repeated violations of its policies against making false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 elections, according to a spokesperson. Giuliani can reapply for the program after 30 days if the issues with his account have been resolved, the spokesperson said.
Trump has now been permanently booted from his favorite platform, Twitter. The former president also faces indefinite suspensions from Facebook and YouTube.
