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In an unprecedented move, Twitter locked U.S. President Donald Trump's account on Wednesday after freezing three of his tweets about the riots at the U.S. Capitol so they could not be liked or forwarded. A couple of hours later, Facebook followed with a 24-hour block, USA Today reported.

The @realDonaldTrump Twitter account will be locked and those tweets must be removed. At that point, the account will remain locked for 12 hours, Twitter said in a post on its Twitter Safety account.

Future violations of the social networks rules – such as including inciting violence and interfering in elections – could "result in permanent suspension of the @realDonaldTrump account," Twitter said on the thread.

Facebook later followed with its own more stringent response, after initially removing the president's video, saying the company assessed a couple of policy violations, "which will result in a 24-hour feature block, meaning he will lose the ability to post on the platform during that time.”

This comes after Trump shared a video on multiple platforms in which he told followers, "We had an election that was stolen from us," in response to thousands of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

He told followers to go home, but maintained his unfounded claim that the election was "fraudulent."

Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, tweeted Trump's Instagram account was also locked for 24 hours.