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Facebook Suspends Trump for 2 YearsDecision means Trump could rejoin platform ahead of 2024 election
The Epoch Times ^ | Jun 4, 2021 | Zachary Stieber

Posted on 06/04/2021 8:54:48 PM PDT by Yong

Facebook announced Friday that former President Donald Trump is suspended from its platform for two years.

“We are suspending his accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension on January 7 this year,” Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs for Facebook, said in a blog post.


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1 posted on 06/04/2021 8:54:48 PM PDT by Yong
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To: Yong

Why would he want to? I agree it was wrong to kick him off...

But if some asshole won’t invite me to his party, I don’t fight to be allowed entrance.


2 posted on 06/04/2021 8:59:28 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: Yong

For more commentary on this :

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3 posted on 06/04/2021 9:03:16 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: enumerated
Absolutely. Because as soon as things started getting a little controversial in the run up to elections, they'd ban him again, and his opponents would use that ban to argue he's unfit.

Personally, I'd prefer that Trump not run in 2024, but rather use his influence to push someone younger who will advance conservative policies without unapologetically. But either way, Trump shouldn't give them Facebook the satisfaction of thinking they are in control of his fate.

4 posted on 06/04/2021 9:03:27 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: Yong

Facebook’s server farms should be destroyed and Facebook put out of US business permanently.


5 posted on 06/04/2021 9:05:44 PM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (White Privilege does NOT begin with Being White but when you ACT "WHITE"! So, -- ACT "WHITE"!)
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To: Yong

They have to ask Trump to come back nicely now.


6 posted on 06/04/2021 9:09:16 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: enumerated

Oh please ! Don’t throw me in that briar patch !

Trump relishes being BANNED !


7 posted on 06/04/2021 9:09:24 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (Arizona !!!! Now the TRUMP TRAIN is getting back on TRACK ! TRUTH! FREEDOM ! LIBERTY! )
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To: Yong

I didn’t know Trump had a Facebook page, I thought he had twitter.


8 posted on 06/04/2021 9:09:58 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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Were it 1776 I wouldn’t give a plug nickel for Jack Dorsey or Zuckerberg’s lives. Sic Semper Tyrannis.


9 posted on 06/04/2021 9:12:07 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: Truthoverpower

Bingo


10 posted on 06/04/2021 9:13:41 PM PDT by enumerated
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To: Yong

What happened to all that big talk about ‘We gotta break up the Social Media Giants! They are just too powerful!”
I have heard nothing about new laws being passed or even present laws being enforced that would effect these groups.


11 posted on 06/04/2021 9:13:56 PM PDT by lee martell
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No chance he is allowed to rejoin before 2024. They banned him until Jan. 2023, until right after the midterm. This is no doubt to try and minimalize his impact. I guarantee if he announces a run in 2024 FB will extend his ban until, at least, after the election. If he is undecided, they will extend his ban “just in case”.


12 posted on 06/04/2021 9:23:16 PM PDT by NImerc
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Since Trump lives in Florida, can he test DeSantis’s new law?


13 posted on 06/04/2021 9:29:02 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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They’ll just extend the ban when the date gets close.


14 posted on 06/04/2021 9:35:56 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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I want President Trump to run and when he secures the nomination announce that Facebook is banned from participating in any debates he is in. In fact, he should announce a ban on those debates period. He doesn’t need them and they only serve to enrich the corrupt media. Best to time it for when they have already outlayed money to maximize the damage to them.


15 posted on 06/04/2021 9:50:14 PM PDT by Dragonspirit (CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
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To paraphrase Kirk,

“Why does Trump need a Facebook?”


16 posted on 06/04/2021 10:29:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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The main stream media has said that Facebook is a platform for Trump to fundraise though it is just one of many platforms.


17 posted on 06/04/2021 10:47:01 PM PDT by convoter2016
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BookFace could very well be dead and buried in 2 years.


18 posted on 06/04/2021 10:50:18 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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To: tired&retired

I think the new Florida law is about social media platforms banning politicians. For non-politicians, Floridians can sue social media platforms but civil lawsuits can drag on for years (see Nicholas Sandman’s suit against CBS, ABC, etc). So unless Trump officially is running for political office from Florida, Trump may not sue Facebook.


19 posted on 06/04/2021 10:52:19 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: convoter2016

it certainly could be

however the folks who want to donate to Trump, will donate to Trump, facebook or no facebook


20 posted on 06/04/2021 10:55:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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