Donald Trump has been banned from various social media accounts after yesterday's attack on Washington's Capitol Building led to the deaths of four people.

The security team defending the House Chamber, where president-elect Joe Biden's confirmation hearing was taking place, shot dead 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt from San Diego, California, who was part of a mob trying to enter the room.

She was shot through the neck and died at the scene.

Three others - a woman and two men - died in the Capitol Building area as a result of “medical emergencies”, said authorities, with details about their deaths currently sketchy.

Ms Babbitt's Twitter handle CommonAshSense is still open, although president Trump's personal account was closed down by Twitter last night for 12 hours, in response to his repeated unfounded claims that the election vote was rigged against him as his supporters continued their siege around the Capitol Building.

Twitter said it required the removal of three tweets for "severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy".

The company said the president's account would remain locked for good if the tweets were not removed - they since have been.

Twitter added: “Future violations of the Twitter rules...will result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account.”

Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media, has since used his own account to publish a statement on Trump's behalf.

Trump said: "Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will [now] be an orderly transition on 20 January [when Biden takes office].”

Facebook and its Instagram unit have also banned Trump for 24 hours, and YouTube removed a video posted by Trump he had also posted on Twitter.

In addition, Snapchat stopped Trump from creating new posts and did not say if or when it would end the ban.

Facebook said of its move: "...On balance we believe it [Trump posts] contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence."

YouTube said it removed the video because it "violated policies on spreading election fraud".

Initially, Twitter didn't take down the Trump video, and instead removed the ability to retweet, like and comment on it, along with another tweet.

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