Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has lifted a two-year ban on former President Donald Trump from accessing his accounts. in the next few weeks According to a report from the AP news agency.
Meta announced in a blog post this week that The company will add A “new safety rail” has been added to the system to ensure that there are no “repeat offenders” violating the rules of this platform. Whether that user is a politician or a world leader.
Nick Clegg, Meta Vice President of International Affairs Stated in the said post that “The public should be able to hear what their politicians have to say – the good, the bad and the bad – so they can make informed decisions when voting,” it said. If the company finds that there is If there is an “obvious risk” that leads to a real-world threat, the meta will immediately intervene.
Clegg also wrote in the post: “If Trump again posts content that violates the rules, The content will be deleted and he or she will be suspended (Facebook account usage) for 1 month and 2 years depending on the severity of the violation.”
Facebook suspends former US president’s account This case is from January 7, 2021, after Trump came out to praise those who participated in the violence in the attack on the Capitol the day before. But the social media company has flouted several earlier calls from both inside and outside the organization. which requires the company to terminate Trump’s account
And after the announcement of the release of the ban order Trump abruptly slammed the decision to suspend his use two years ago, while promoting social media he founded Truth Social, saying “Facebook, which has lost thousands of its value, has lost its worth.” million dollars since “Remove (your favorite president) off the platform” which means I just reinstated my account. This shouldn’t happen to an incumbent president. Or anyone who doesn’t deserve to encounter this kind of misfortune.”
However, Trump is still banned from other social media platforms such as Snapchat.
Meanwhile, civil rights activists and others have already condemned Meta’s decision, including Heidi Barich, founder of the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, a member of the Real Facebook Oversight Board, who pointed out that the act That the company allowed Trump to return to Facebook is like signaling that Other famous people with a large number of followers able to break the rules without having to receive permanent retribution
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) president Derrick Johnson slammed Facebook’s decision as “a prime example of prioritizing profit over people’s safety.” and was also a “terrible mistake”.
But Jameel Jaffer, executive director of Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute saw differently and said What is meta? “Right decision – not because the former president has the right to use the platform. but because the public is interested in hearing directly from the political candidates.” Likewise, Anthony D. Romero, director of the American Civil Liberties Union, agrees. “Like it or not, President Trump is one of the nation’s top politicians. And the public was very interested in hearing his speeches. In fact, Trump’s most outrageous social media posts became the key piece of evidence against him and his government.”
- source: AP
