Dejin
January 25, 2023, 10:51pm
#5948
NBC News implies this is a direct consequence of the Democrats losing control of the House and Facebook not wanting to deal with the Republicans dragging them in to face questioning.
The move by Meta comes weeks after the timeframe Facebook gave itself to re-evaluate the 2021 decision, and shortly after Republicans — many of whom have been critical of Facebook’s decision — regained control of the House of Representatives.
Then-House Minority Leader — and now House Speaker — Kevin McCarthy vowed to “rein in big tech power over our speech” after Facebook announced the duration of Trump’s suspension in 2021.
Facebook did say he could get suspended again. Of course, if the Republicans still control the House, they’ll be incentivized not to reinstate penalties.
Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, said Trump’s accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks” and come with “new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”
Those guardrails will include “heightened penalties for repeat offenses — penalties which will apply to other public figures whose accounts are reinstated from suspensions related to civil unrest under our updated protocol. In the event that Mr. Trump posts further violating content, the content will be removed and he will be suspended for between one month and two years, depending on the severity of the violation,” Clegg said on the company’s website.
RichVR
January 25, 2023, 10:53pm
#5950
So assuming that they really do stick to those ‘guardrails’, how long before he’s suspended again?
Yeah I know. But he can’t stop talking shit.
DJT has learned his lesson and will walk the straight and narrow from now on.
It’s amazing to me that everyone is letting guy who tried to stage a coup and failed to… just try again.
