MOST IMPORTANT POINTS
- Sacha Baron Cohen made an appeal on YouTube and Google to suspend Donald Trump’s YouTube account
- Cohen urged the tech giants to do the “right thing” and save democracy
- Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have already blocked Trump from their respective social media platforms
Sacha Baron Cohen wants outgoing President Donald Trump to be banned from any social media platform.
After Twitter, Facebook and Instagram banned the president from their respective platforms following the Capitol Hill riots, the actor now hopes that YouTube will stay in line and ban Trump’s account, as others have done.
On Twitter, the 49-year-old actor urged Alphabet officials, namely YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, to suspend Trump’s account from their video sharing platform and do the “right thing” for American democracy.
“Virtually every social media company has removed Trump … EXCEPT YouTube. Trump’s YouTube channel STILL showing videos of his election wings to MILLIONS! Retweet and tell @Google, @sundapichai, @YouTube, @SusanWojcicki – do the right thing #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy, “Cohen wrote on Twitter.
In another tweet, the “Borat” star called YouTube the new “Trump TV” and condemned the companies that showed ads on videos that incited the rioters to storm the Capitol.
“YouTube is the new Trump TV. Trump’s YouTube channel shows +4,000 Trump videos, including ‘stop stealing’ and calling ‘to fight!’ Corporate America – WHY are you showing your ads on YouTube Trump TV ?! RT to tell @Google, @YouTube, @SusanWojcicki. #BanTrumpSaveDemocracy, ”Cohen tweeted.
Besides Cohen also actress Amy Schumer hit the tech giants for not taking action on Trump’s behalf, noting that these companies give the president a platform to spread “lies and conspiracies”.
Other notable personalities such as Chelsea Handler, Judd Apatow, Monica Lewinsky and Lawrence O’Donnell shared the same sentiment and made their voices heard.
“We all need to pressure and retweet @YouTube, @SusanWojcicki to stop the spread of disinformation,” Handler wrote, quoting Cohen’s tweet.
This isn’t the first time the Trial of the Chicago 7 star has spoken out against the outgoing president. Recently, the Golden Globe winner admitted that he decided to revive Borat because of Trump’s presidency.
In an interview with Variety, Cohen revealed that he saw many threats to democracy under the Trump administration and thought now was the perfect time to revive the character.
‘I felt that democracy was in danger. I felt people’s lives were in danger and I felt compelled to finish the movie, ‘said Variety Cohen.
Here are other celebrities who support Cohen’s demand to ban Trump from YouTube:
