Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg lost nearly $ 5 billion after Trump's accounts were blocked

The total fortune of the head of Twitter Jack Dorsey and the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg decreased by almost $ 5 billion in a day. Earlier, social networks decided to block the accounts of Donald Trump, after which the shares of companies began to fall rapidly.

The fortune of Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey on Monday fell by $ 843 million and, according to the Forbes Real-Time rating , which is updated in real time, it was $ 12.1 billion. Mark Zuckerberg's fortune, who lost $ 3.9 billion in a day, also significantly decreased. According to Forbes Real-Time, the founder of Facebook is now worth $ 94 billion.

Earlier, the administrations of Twitter and Facebook decided to block the accounts of the current US President Donald Trump. Twitter executives have permanently deleted his account , accusing him of "inciting violence" in connection with the events in Washington on January 6, when Trump supporters stormed the Congress building and tried to disrupt the approval of the presidential election. The company explained that Trump's comments on social media could provoke repeated attacks, including on the day of the inauguration of election winner Joe Biden. In response, Trump accused Twitter of conspiring with his political opponents and said he would explore the possibility of creating its own online platform.

Facebook and his Instagram have frozen Trump's personal pages "indefinitely." Zuckerberg noted that the current president will not have access to accounts "at least until the peaceful transfer of power is completed," stressing that he considers it unacceptable to use social media to "incite rebellion against a democratically elected government."

The value of shares of companies after Trump's blocking began to decline rapidly.

At the close on January 8, Facebook was trading at $ 267.57, at the close of trading on Monday, it was worth $ 256.84 (a drop of almost 4%). Twitter shares on January 8 at the close of trading were worth $ 51.48, on Monday they traded at $ 48.18 (down 6.4%).