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Hollywood celebrities are lining up to pressure Google-owned video service Youtube to ban President Donald Trump from its platform.
Adam Scott jumped to Twitter to say, “It’s time, @youtube. Ban Trump.”
It’s time, @youtube. Ban Trump. #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy https://t.co/hv1Ej5XovO
— Adam Scott (@mradamscott) January 12, 2021
.@Google, @sundarpichai, @SusanWojcicki: ⁰⁰@YouTube is still showing videos of Donald Trump’s blatant lies. Your platform is still allowing misinformation to spread like wildfire. Do the right thing & #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy. https://t.co/2aTnf4iuJA
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 11, 2021
Please RT this https://t.co/KPPW2Amt9x
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) January 11, 2021
Hey @YouTube. Wazzzzzup? https://t.co/HLamIqqge5
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) January 11, 2021
To stay silent is to be complicit in his madness.#BanTrumpSaveDemocracy https://t.co/T6mKniV1s8
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 8, 2021
The atrocities at the Capitol yesterday were four years in the making. It’s been four years of Trump condoning, justifying and CELEBRATING violent acts. FOUR YEARS. A 12 hour suspension is not enough @jack. RT to save democracy. #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 7, 2021
.@Jack time to hold Trump to the same standard the rest of us must meet. #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy https://t.co/gS9WqtN18t
— Danny Zuker (@DannyZuker) January 8, 2021
.@YOUTUBE HEY! You are the only social media company still amplifying #Trump's lies and Seditious calls to action!
PLEASE 🚨Retweet🚨 and tell @Google, @sundarpichai, @YouTube, @SusanWojcicki–do the right thing! #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy https://t.co/8oWJ4qa27Q— Debra Messing✍🏻 (@DebraMessing) January 11, 2021
Sacha Baron Cohen hailed Twitter and Facebook’s decision to ban President Trump claiming that it is “the most important moment in the history of social media.”
Cohen has also been a vocal anti-Trumper and has called for social media giants to end free speech for conservatives and others who exhibit center-right ideals.
