Facebook Suspends Donald Trump바카라�s Account For Two Years For Stoking Violence Before Capitol Hill Riots

Facebook said it is suspending former President Donald Trump's accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly January 6 insurrection.

바카라�At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest,바카라� Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post Friday.

The two-year suspension is effective from the date of initial suspension on January 7 this year, so Trump has 19 months to go.

In a press release, the former president called Facebook's decision 바카라�an insult.바카라�

바카라�They shouldn't be allowed to get away with this censoring and silencing, and ultimately, we will win. Our Country can't take this abuse anymore!바카라� the press release stated.

On Facebook, Trump's suspension has meant that his account is essentially in 바카라�Facebook jail,바카라� where others can read and comment on past posts, but Trump and other account handlers are unable to post new material.

Twitter, by contrast, has permanently banned Trump from its service and there is no trace of his account there.

Facebook said it will heighten penalties for public figures during times of civil unrest and violence. In a color-coded chart on its blog post Friday, it said those who violate its policies during this time can be restricted from posting for anywhere between a month (yellow) and two years (red).

Future violations, it said, will be met with 바카라�heightened penalties, up to and including permanent removal.바카라�

Facebook also plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that automatically exempted politicians from rules that banned hate speech and abuse. The company has said it has never applied this policy to Trump.

The social media giant said on Friday that while it will still apply this 바카라�newsworthiness" exemption to certain posts it deems to be in the public interest even if they violate Facebook rules, it will no longer treat material posted by politicians any differently from that posted by anyone else.

In addition, Facebook said it will make public whenever it does apply the exemption to a post.
The announcements are in response to recommendations from the company's quasi-independent oversight board.

Last month that panel upheld a decision by Facebook to keep former Trump indefinitely suspended but said the company could not merely suspend him 바카라�indefinitely바카라� and gave it six months to decide what to do with his accounts.

In its decision last month, the board agreed with Facebook that two of Trump's January 6 posts 바카라�severely violated바카라� the content standards of both Facebook and Instagram.
바카라�We love you. You're very special,바카라� Trump said to the rioters in the first post. In the second, he called them 바카라�great patriots바카라� and told them to 바카라�remember this day forever.바카라�

Those violated Facebook's rules against praising or supporting people engaged in violence, the board said, warranting the suspension. Specifically, the board cited Facebook's rules against 바카라�dangerous individuals and organizations,바카라� which prohibit anyone who proclaims a violent mission and bans posts that express support or praise of these people or groups.

A group calling itself the Real Facebook Oversight Board, which is critical of Facebook and its oversight panel, said in a statement Friday that the 2-year ban brings Trump back just in time for the 2024 presidential election and shows 바카라�no real strategy to address authoritarian leaders and extremist content, and no intention of taking serious action against disinformation and hate speech.바카라�

Jim Steyer, the founder and CEO of Common Sense Media and a member of the Real Oversight Board, said the ban should have been made permanent to send a clear message about protecting American democracy.

바카라�It's pretty straightforward. Donald Trump incited an insurrection and the biggest attack on the Capitol in 150 years that left people dead and injured. And Facebook still doesn't have the courage to ban him permanently from the platform,바카라� he said.

Steyer also questioned what it meant for other parts of the world led by Trump-like leaders such as Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro.

바카라�I don't think it sends a good message to the Bolsonaros of the world and other autocrats who are using this platform,바카라� he said.

Facebook has had a general 바카라�newsworthiness exemption바카라� since 2016. But it garnered attention in 2019 when Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs and communications, announced that speech from politicians will be treated as 바카라�newsworthy content that should, as a general rule, be seen and heard.바카라�

The newsworthiness exemption, he explained in a blog post at the time, meant that if 바카라�someone makes a statement or shares a post which breaks our community standards we will still allow it on our platform if we believe the public interest in seeing it outweighs the risk of harm.바카라�

In Friday's post, Clegg anticipated criticism from both sides of the political aisle.

바카라�We know that any penalty we apply 바카라� or choose not to apply 바카라� will be controversial. There are many people who believe it was not appropriate for a private company like Facebook to suspend an outgoing President from its platform, and many others who believe Mr. Trump should have immediately been banned for life,바카라� he wrote.

Facebook's job, he said, is 바카라�to make a decision in as proportionate, fair and transparent a way as possible, in keeping with the instruction given to us by the Oversight Board.바카라�