Tech giant Meta has just made a controversial decision to remove any restrictions placed on accounts belonging to former US President Donald Trump.
The tech giant just announced updates on this event, including a statement explaining how Trump’s Facebook and Instagram suspension was ending.
This would mark the Republican leader’s new status online as a presidential nominee for the upcoming election race in the US as reported by media outlet Axios.
Meta got rid of Donald Trump from every single one of its platforms after an attack on the American Capitol Hill that took place on January 6, 2021. This is all thanks to extreme and unusual instances, Facebook’s parent firm added.
After the shocking Capitol Building attack, many felt Trump was to blame for the loss of life and great collateral damage done on the property as he instigated more Republicans to come out and defend the nation against the Democrats who beat the opposition by a huge margin.
The same year in May, Meta’s Oversight Board made a ruling related to how Facebook didn’t put out the right penalty with a suspension related to Donald Trump’s account online, even though it felt Trump intensely violated the company’s community guidelines.
In a new video statement shown online, Trump tells his party members that he loves them and how much they mean to him. He even called those taking part in the attack ‘great patriots’ and this footage was published three hours after the incident arose.
Such statements made involving the Capitol Attack also had the board convinced that Trump was in violation of the guideline that it had in place related to showing support for violence on its apps.
Two years on, Meta restored accounts belonging to Donald Trump after a suspension that was time-related and featured harsher punishments for breaking its rules. It was highlighted to be more than the average policy breaker on Meta’s apps and many wondered why the former president was being penalized unfairly.
This led to Meta releasing a statement on this front regarding how everyone is equal in its eyes and that’s why Trump would be given the same treatment as all others.
With the latest party conventions coming into place, it makes sense why Meta is making the abrupt change. Next week is when nominations for the Republican convention will be released for the next American President. So to ensure fair freedom of political expression, Meta says it needs to have a leveled playing field where all the presidential candidates would be treated on the same basis.
We saw Twitter take action against Trump in the past as well, after the Capitol incident. This was concerning three tweets published for causing violence. It began with a 12-hour suspension in 2021 and was closely followed up by a serious complete ban as he violated their community standards.
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The tech giant just announced updates on this event, including a statement explaining how Trump’s Facebook and Instagram suspension was ending.
This would mark the Republican leader’s new status online as a presidential nominee for the upcoming election race in the US as reported by media outlet Axios.
Meta got rid of Donald Trump from every single one of its platforms after an attack on the American Capitol Hill that took place on January 6, 2021. This is all thanks to extreme and unusual instances, Facebook’s parent firm added.
After the shocking Capitol Building attack, many felt Trump was to blame for the loss of life and great collateral damage done on the property as he instigated more Republicans to come out and defend the nation against the Democrats who beat the opposition by a huge margin.
The same year in May, Meta’s Oversight Board made a ruling related to how Facebook didn’t put out the right penalty with a suspension related to Donald Trump’s account online, even though it felt Trump intensely violated the company’s community guidelines.
In a new video statement shown online, Trump tells his party members that he loves them and how much they mean to him. He even called those taking part in the attack ‘great patriots’ and this footage was published three hours after the incident arose.
Such statements made involving the Capitol Attack also had the board convinced that Trump was in violation of the guideline that it had in place related to showing support for violence on its apps.
Two years on, Meta restored accounts belonging to Donald Trump after a suspension that was time-related and featured harsher punishments for breaking its rules. It was highlighted to be more than the average policy breaker on Meta’s apps and many wondered why the former president was being penalized unfairly.
This led to Meta releasing a statement on this front regarding how everyone is equal in its eyes and that’s why Trump would be given the same treatment as all others.
With the latest party conventions coming into place, it makes sense why Meta is making the abrupt change. Next week is when nominations for the Republican convention will be released for the next American President. So to ensure fair freedom of political expression, Meta says it needs to have a leveled playing field where all the presidential candidates would be treated on the same basis.
We saw Twitter take action against Trump in the past as well, after the Capitol incident. This was concerning three tweets published for causing violence. It began with a 12-hour suspension in 2021 and was closely followed up by a serious complete ban as he violated their community standards.
Image: DIW-AIgen
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