Posted on 02/10/2023 11:36:26 AM PST by SoConPubbie
The Hill reports that Facebook has agreed to restore former President Trump’s accounts across the platform. Former President Trump was suspended across all Facebook platforms following the events of January 6th at the Capitol in Washington, DC.
Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram have now been restored, according to a spokesperson for the company, who cited a statement from January 25 that said that the account would be restored in the “coming weeks.” Trump still has a sizable following on Facebook and Instagram, with over 23 million and 34 million followers, respectively. His most recent Facebook post, requesting “everyone” at the Capitol to “remain peaceful.” was still from January 6, 2021, as of Friday morning.
After launching his own platform, Truth Social, in response to the ban, Trump has not yet indicated whether he will rejoin Facebook or Instagram. However, Facebook has been a significant component of his prior fundraising efforts. Trump’s return to the platform was approved without the company’s oversight board’s input, but the social media giant claims that it did so as it believed the “risk” that former President Trump posed to public safety had “sufficiently decreased” since the January 6 protests.
As a result, a spokesperson declared last month: “As such, we will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks,” a spokesperson said. “However, we are doing so with new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”
Following a nearly two-year suspension from the platform, Twitter restored Trump’s account in November 2022 under the direction of new CEO Elon Musk. However, since the ban was lifted, he has not tweeted from the account.
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>>> “However, we are doing so with new guardrails in place to deter repeat offenses.”
In other words, we will screen and approve everything he says before it will be posted.
Trump is an idiot if he re-uses these accounts for anything.
Are the promised “guardrails” in place?
Trumps first post should read:
2020 WAS STOLEN! Prove me wrong!
I can imagine the noise if Trump’s post was taken down with a ‘misinformation’ tag.
I would never go back if i were him. (Full disclosure- never had any account, never will)
Facebook should be embarrassed by their censorship. They’re going down the tubes over their idiotic Metaverse efforts, and I’m glad.
Facebook . . . . count me out . . . even if Donald Trump wants in.
They are only doing it to facilitate a food fight between Trump and DeSantis.
IOW Zuckerberg knows where his bread is buttered.
That is so damn sweet of Zuckerberg to do that.
What a saint. Zuckerberg just oozes goodwill.
Fakebook is struggling to remain relevant. They are praying they can lure Trump back.
I wonder how many celebrities will leave Facebook now that it’s become so hate filled.
They are only doing it...
To stay in business. Facebook needs Trump’s numerous fans.
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
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