Donald Trump has been banned from using his Facebook and Instagram accounts "indefinitely," chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said. Making the statement via his own Facebook page, Zuckerberg's decision is in response to violent scenes seen on Capitol Hill in the US capital of Washington DC on January 6. Zuckerberg said that "Trump's decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters on Capitol Hill has rightly upset people in the United States and around the world," adding that the outgoing president is using the Facebook platform to incite violent insurgency against a democratically elected government. "Facebook and Instagram will block the activities of Donald Trump's accounts for at least the next two weeks. Zuckerberg's statement in full follows below: “The shocking events of the past 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump has intent on using the time remaining to him to undermine the peaceful and legal transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden."His decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters on Capitol Hill has angered with right to the people in the United States and around the world. We deleted these statements yesterday because we felt that their effect, and probably their intent, would be to provoke more violence. "Following the certification of the election results by Congress, the priority for all the country must now ensure that the remaining 13 days and the days after the inauguration take place peacefully and in accordance with established democratic standards. “In recent years, we have allowed President Trump to use our platform according to our own rules, sometimes removing content or tagging his posts when they violate our policies. We did this because we believe that the public is entitled to the widest possible access to political speech, however controversial. But the current context is now fundamentally different, involving the use of our platform to incite a violent insurgency against a democratically elected government. “We believe that the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our service during this time are too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on their Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.