The company had initially locked Trump from accessing his Facebook and Instagram accounts for 24 hours starting Wednesday night.
The decision to extend the suspension indefinitely is a marked change from Facebook’s previous hands-off approach to political content, even when Trump appeared to encourage violence.
"We did this because we believe that the public has a right to the broadest possible access to political speech, even controversial speech," Zuckerberg explained. "But the current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government."
The Hill
Uh, Mark? He's been doing that for quite some time. Welcome to the awake world.
Many of Wednesday’s protests were organized on Facebook, and the platform was used by Trump and his allies to delegitimize the results of the election with little punishment beyond vague labels.
[...]
A spokesperson for Twitter declined to comment on plans to extend that suspension, which expired Thursday morning.
The first violating post was a video urging Trump's supporters who broke into the Capitol to retreat while simultaneously praising the mob and repeating false claims about voter fraud.
"This was a fraudulent election, but we can’t play into the hands of these people," Trump said in the video. "We have to have peace. So go home. We love you. You’re very special. You’ve seen what happens. You see the way others are treated that are so bad and so evil. I know how you feel. But go home and go home in peace."
The second video struck a similar tone, urging rioters to “go home” while repeating false claims of his “landslide victory.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
No comments:
Post a Comment