YouTube’s chief executive said the company still sees a risk of violence in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot and that it would only lift its suspension of former President Donald Trump from the video-sharing platform once it determines “the risk of violence has decreased.”

Susan Wojcicki, CEO of the Alphabet Inc. unit, on Thursday said, “Given just the warnings by the Capitol Police yesterday about a potential attack today, I think it’s pretty clear that that elevated violence risk still remains.” She was speaking at a virtual event hosted by the Atlantic Council, a nonpartisan think tank.

U.S. Capitol police on Wednesday warned of a potential plot by an identified militia group to breach the building.

Representatives for Mr. Trump didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

YouTube suspended Mr. Trump on Jan. 12 for violating its policies against content it believes could incite violence. The company said at the time that the suspension would last at least seven days.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

You May Also Like

WIRED25 Day 1: Be Empathetic to Each Other

To kick off this year’s WIRED25, a group of entrepreneurs, filmmakers, cooks,…

Facebook Is Going After Its Critics in the Name of Privacy

Facebook has brought its might down upon a small but scrappy academic…

A Possible Covid Vaccine Means It’s Time to Fix Cold Chains

Efforts to find a lasting solution to the Covid-19 pandemic have been…

Huge breakthrough in the search for aliens: NASA discovers a ‘super Earth’ exoplanet that could have the right conditions to support life

Scientists have made an exciting and potentially ground-breaking discovery in the search…