Meta has lifted the final restrictions on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the run up to US presidential elections in November.
The ex-US president and convicted felon’s accounts were suspended in 2021 after he praised supporters who stormed the US Capitol on 6 January.
Trump’s accounts, which combined have over 60 million followers, were re-instated in 2023 but subject to additional monitoring, which has now been removed, the social media giant said in a blog post.
Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.
Meta is cancer that has metastasized
so that’s what meta is short for
I hope they know they should hide Mark Zuckerberg’s grave, because that thing is going to be so vandalized when he goes. Ill be the first to take a huge messy shit on it.
You’re assuming this country won’t be blown up before that time. I doubt any of us poors will live to see the day these assholes die. I’ve always wanted to watch trump have an aneurysm while at his Hitler esk rallies. Sadly that probably won’t happen.
We won’t see it, but at least we will die with other people. They’re going out just like those billionaires on the Titanic sub - alone in a hostile environment, scared, banking stupidly on their own hubris instead of science.
The worst of our generation. Like the single worst person from Millennials by a long shot.
Hey, it is rude to shit in a urinal!
Thermite. Ensure that his body gets destroyed
Don’t deny future generations an opportunity. Mummify him and stick the mummy in a pillory.
Seal the neck with fire
That makes sense. It’s hard to foment an insurrection or race massacre when most of your loyal soldiers don’t use Truth Social.
Also, it doesn’t make sense to give him tons of money ands then restrict him on your website at the same time too.
A few days after trump threated to arrest zuck after the election? What a surprise
I’m sure this time he will respect the rules.
Oh wow what terrible timing
Gotta let a traitor be traitorous because the country might decide we want to overthrow the country again…
I’m pretty sure ‘the country’ decided against overthrowing ‘the country’. The Minority Against Governing in America was largely rebuffed. Though I’m deeply concerned that they have not stopped planning their insurrection, and will try again.
“3 years later, Jan. 6 by the numbers: More than 1,200 charged, more than 460 imprisoned for role in Capitol attack” https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/3-years-jan-6-numbers-1200-charged-460/story?id=106140326
It took the Nazis two tries as well.
And this is why I’m glad I quit using this shit website three years ago.
Why now? Idiots.
“All I can say is that if I’m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time,” Trump wrote. “We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!”
At the very least, even if Zuck isn’t the best example, it’s worth considering that the further conservatives descend into fascism, the more we’ll see people take the easier option of not resisting.
The amount of projection is incredible.
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Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.
I hate to say it, but they’re right. They can’t silence one of the two candidates for the presidency.
Yes they can. They are a private corporate and can do whatever they want as long as it doesn’t target a protected class, and it doesn’t.
And in particular, they didn’t silence him because of politics, but because he was conspiring with insurrectionists. Active treason. Stochastic terrorism.
And in particular, they didn’t silence him because of politics, but because he was conspiring with insurrectionists. Active treason. Stochastic terrorism.
Has he been convicted of that? We can all wring our hands as much as we want, and god knows I’m not a Trump supporter, but Facebook are not going to embroil themselves into a legal battle over this.
Facebook does not have nearly as high a burden of proof as a court of law.
Facebook most likely has a far larger budget for their legal team, too. I don’t think they’d be worried about a lawsuit.
They’ve convicted a hell of a lot of other people for it so far.
So Facebook is supposed to block the GOP presidential nominee because other people were charged of a crime and he was not? We’d all like that, but come on.
no, just cuz he broke their rules… repeatedly… and says violent hateful shit… and spreads misinformation. Trump supporters whine about their bans or posts being removed when they post the vile shit they like to spew. Why does Trump get a pass?
Why does Trump get a pass?
Because that’s much easier for Facebook than dealing with the clusterfuck that would result if they didn’t.
So political leaders get a pass to break all the rules? I don’t understand your reasoning. The rules should be applied only to people without power? Facebook should just always take the “easiest” path for moderation?
What about leaders elsewhere that explicitly call for violence or perpetrate it? Is there a line somewhere?
He was banned for years.
He’s been convicted in the court of public opinion. Facebook doesn’t need to wait for a court to bar him from their platform.
They don’t, but it’s much easier for them this way. It’s mind-boggling that so many in this thread want Facebook to go way out on a limb here and are shocked when the multi-billion dollar company takes the much easier, safer way out. Stop expecting tech megacorps to decide the presidential race for you, people. You may think you want that now, but it’s a VERY bad precedent.
You can criticize them while still not expecting them to do the right thing.
I would say that staging a coup definitively breaks the TOS.
Imagine piping up to defend the non-existent “right” of a self declared fascist to spew his lies. 🤯
Careful not to choke on that boot…
The fact you think I support Trump or Facebook tells me all I need to know about the quality of the discourse in this thread. No wonder the left can’t get anything done in your removed of a country.
Whether you like it or not, Canada is heavily dependent on said removed of a country. You’re similarly as fucked as the rest of us if Trump wins and decides to stop protecting Canada or importing their natural resources in favor of domestic production.
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Not the best decision.
Sure it is–for profits. If Trump gets reelected, all those pesky government regulations about the environment and securities will be thrown out window.
Meta said it had a responsibility to allow political expression and that Americans should be able to hear from presidential nominees on an equal basis.
Meta said fascists should have their voices heard. Zuck’s a coward, what a fucking surprise.
