Posted on 01/11/2023 10:04:59 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Facebook is considering reinstating former President Donald Trump to its platform, with a decision to be made in the coming weeks. Facebook executive Nick Clegg is reportedly overseeing the decision-making process for Mark Zuckerberg. This creates the awkward situation of a former UK Deputy Prime Minister deciding on the free speech rights of a former American President for a U.S.-based company.
CNN reports that Facebook (now known as Meta) is in the process of deciding whether or not to allow former President Donald Trump back on its platforms. According to a spokesperson, the company plans to announce its decision in the coming weeks.
A specially-formed internal working group at Facebook, consisting of leaders from various parts of the organization, is currently evaluating the decision of whether or not to reinstate former President Donald Trump on Facebook and its other platforms. This information was provided by a source familiar with the deliberations.
Members of the internal group reportedly include representatives from internal Facebook teams, including public policy, communications, content policy, and safety and integrity. The Financial Times was the first to report on the existence of this working group.
Former President Donald Trump was banned from Meta’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, following the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021. Initially, the ban was indefinite, but it was later modified to a two-year ban, set to expire on January 7, 2023. At that point, Meta will consider allowing Trump back on the platforms.
Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone told CNN that the announcement about Trump’s return to the platform will occur “in the coming weeks,” meaning that it is unlikely there will be an announcement about Trump’s ban by January 7.
Nick Clegg, Facebook’s president of global affairs and former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom,
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He’s NOT coming back regardless.
Screw you, Zuck, and the horse you rode in on.
Geee, all it took was Elon Musk spending $44b and demonstrating what an intelligence-stooge Zuckerberg has been in order for him to ‘consider’ doing the right thing.
Want us to clap Mark?
He’s only proving how irrelevant Facebook has become.
This article is old. Trump has a page on Facebook now. Don’t know if he can or cares to post.
Nobody cares any more.
The audacity of that baboon, thinking he’ll sound reasoned
for making this public.
It’s absurd beyond belief that Trump was ever banned on
Facebook.
Everything they blamed Trump for doing, Biden has done.
Trump was innocent, and Biden isn’t.
Trump wont come back to Facebook.
A bigger question: will Facebook allow users to post what Trump said on Truth Social?
Facebook stinks & so does Meta.
Stock price got you down Zuck?
What’s next? Will MySpace decide if Trump can come back on too? Facebook isn’t relevant anymore. Who cares if Trump is let back on it.
Zuck is just a big POS who needs to be tied to and oxcart and dragged.
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