In response to Oversight Board ruling, Facebook suspends Trump's accounts until January 7, 2023, and says it will then reconsider suspension if conditions allow
but not until at least 2023 Transparency Center : Counting strikes — If you post content that goes against the Facebook Community Standards … Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Facebook's two-year Trump timeout, ending just before an election season, feels like punishment in name only, out of sync with claims of fomenting civil unrest Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Facebook suspends Trump's accounts for two years Tweets: @fbnewsroom : In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit https://about.fb.com/... Oversight Board / @oversightboard : The Oversight Board is encouraged that Facebook is adopting many of the Board's policy recommendations in the case involving former US President Donald Trump. https://oversightboard.com/... Rep. Frank Pallone / @frankpallone : Facebook's announcement today isn't good enough. Any other user would have been banned completely. Regardless, the truth is Facebook will keep amplifying disinformation whether Trump is on the platform or not - and the company has proven it is unwilling to self-regulate. https://twitter.com/... @ceciliakang : Case in point: would this “Rigged election” statement, posted on FB, get him booted off again in January 2023? https://twitter.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Amazing. Facebook suspends trump from the network for two years, just in time to welcome him back in 2023 https://about.fb.com/... Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Some Facebook employees are angry with the Trump decision today. Some of their internal reactions: “Two years for a coup, not bad.” “If this gets 2 years, what can one possibly do to get a lifetime ban?” Read more on how they're reacting in our story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... @fboversight : Facebook continues to claim NO responsibility for its role in the January 6th insurrection, despite election misinformation and incitements to violence running rampant on its platform. https://twitter.com/... Nick Clegg / @nickclegg : In response to the @OversightBoard's ruling, Facebook is suspending Donald Trump's accounts for 2 years, effective from the date of the initial suspension in January this year. At that time, we will assess the public safety risk and extend the restrictions if conditions require. https://twitter.com/... Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : The biggest takeaway from Trump's overall ban is... rules. Actual rules. You can get banned for a month or 6 months or a year or 2 years, and Facebook can also say you can't use its service ever again. Facebook has rules and punishments now, which include permanent expulsion. https://twitter.com/... Librarianshipwreck / @libshipwreck : In other words, if he runs again in 2024 they'll let him back on... https://twitter.com/... Don Winslow / @donwinslow : Do not be fooled by #Facebook or POS Mark Zuckerberg. The Trump ban is for two years, which WILL allow Trump back on the platform in time for the 2024 Republican primaries. Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Another employee: “Wonderful, so he'll be back just in time for the 2024 campaign cycle to spread more lies and hatred.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery : “he maintained that he trusted Facebook's larger community to clean out the vile, often-toxic dreck that flowed over his ever-larger platform.” Says the guy who made program so college guys could rate their female colleagues hotness. https://www.nytimes.com/... @naral : Facebook's decision to leave the door open for Trump to return to its platform after he incited a violent attack on U.S. democracy demonstrates exactly how little it cares about the public good or stopping the spread of dangerous disinformation. https://www.theverge.com/... Jan Schakowsky / @janschakowsky : Why should Facebook be the decision maker? They should be liable for their negligence, without which the insurrection on January 6 couldn't have taken place. This is another distraction by Zuckerberg, Sandberg, Kaplan, Martin and Rosen. Claude Taylor / @truefactsstated : The triumph of greed over extremism. https://twitter.com/... Evan Greer / @evan_greer : Okay. But the question becomes: what do we do about that power. We can keep begging them to use it responsibly and then shaming them when they inevitably don't (because they never will) ... or we can try to take it away and redistribute it https://twitter.com/... George Takei / @georgetakei : Donnie thought he'd be reinstated as president in August. Turns out it was just his Facebook account, and not till 2023. He sounds disappointed. Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : I wanted to use piss on and then kick for good measure but the fine editors at the Times changed it to desecrate. Good move. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @cmclymer : Facebook is like: this was a horrific attack on our democracy, and we will ban Trump for two years, allowing for reinstatement right around the time he formally announces for his 2024 campaign. Keith Boykin / @keithboykin : It's sad that someone can incite an attack on the United StatesCapitol and Facebook has to be the one to hold them accountable instead of the United States Congress. https://twitter.com/... Lavern Spicer / @lavern_spicer : I love how terrified that spineless wimp Mark Zuckerberg is of Donald Trump! Trump doesn't need your garbage platform Marky, we Conservatives will support him whenever and wherever he turns up! Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Facebook inc *encouraged them.* Facebook took inciting posts and micro-targeted them to people likely to become incited by them giving them velocity and reach unchecked by counter-speech. And real humans designed this to happen to the tune of $100B+ in annual ad revenues. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz : What Facebook has actually done is created an escape hatch — if Republicans take back Congress and have committee gavels in January, the company can offer up Trump's reinstated account as a peace offering/tribute. Jason Kint / @jason_kint : Recall: no one was even fired as Swisher deftly pointed out. Millions of people's personal Facebook data records were stolen, laundered, misused, there was no 2016 “legal certification” - just a multi-year cover-up ahead of a $5B settlement protecting leadership from depositions. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Jan Schakowsky / @janschakowsky : I agree, Mr. Chairman. Congress should set standards for #BigTech. Facebook has violated it's own community standards time and time again. https://twitter.com/... Larry Sabato / @larrysabato : Facebook: “Trump will remain off Facebook for at least two years.” THE BAN SHOULD BE PERMANENT. TRUMP'S JANUARY 6th COUP ATTEMPT DEMANDS A LIFETIME SUSPENSION. https://www.politico.com/... via @politico Jason Miller / @jasonmillerindc : Good news is, a new social media platform is on the way. Stay tuned...their heads are going to explode at how good this thing is. “Facebook Says Trump's Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years” https://www.nytimes.com/... Will Black / @willblackwriter : Finally, Nick Clegg has a bit of power That said, Trump's ban was meant to be lifelong. His dangerously abberant mind isn't going to come right within two years. If anything his anger will increase and his cognitive decline play havoc with his narcissistic bubble https://twitter.com/... Jessica Huseman / @jessicahuseman : ah, just in time for 2024 campaigning. https://twitter.com/... Michelangelo Signorile / @msignorile : 2 years? Just in time for '24? Like he's going to reform himself? Should be lifetime. Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years in response to Oversight Board ruling https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : Facebook's 2-year ban on Trump may grab the most attention today, but this is a much more significant move IMO https://www.cnbc.com/... BrooklynDad_Defiant / @mmpadellan : Facebook only bans trump for 2 years? He's STILL spreading his lies about election fraud, undermining the integrity of our elections. You suck, Facebook. Scott Dworkin / @funder : Facebook says trump will be banned for another year and a half. Not good enough. We demand it be permanent. Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : And here were the warnings from Merkel, Macron and EU officials — all of whom, like AMLO, condemned the banning of Trump from social media — that democracy is imperiled if tech monopolies decide who can and can't be heard: https://www.bloomberg.com/... @zei_squirrel : facebook banning trump for 2 years while hamas and hezbollah accounts were permanently suspended, and IDF and israeli government accounts can live-post their massacres of palestinians. you can tell that there are real principles involved in making these decisions @projectlincoln : Facebook has done more to hold Donald Trump accountable than congressional Republican. @zei_squirrel : same adherence to principles at twitter https://twitter.com/... @chrisinsilico : When I reported Facebook to the US authorities, I received a permanent ban for whistleblowing. When Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection at Congress, he received a temporary two year ban that would let him back in time for the 2024 campaign. This is all a PR exercise. Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : Given Facebook's creepy quasi-judicial sentence that Trump is banned for two years conditioned on being well-behaved, it's worth recalling the warnings of world leaders of the dangers of tech monopolies having this power. First: Mexico's President AMLO: https://twitter.com/... @zei_squirrel : hell you don't even have to go to hamas and hezbollah: facebook bans pro-palestine activists and posts constantly. it's literally built into their AI https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Glenn Greenwald / @ggreenwald : The entire democratic world seems to have no trouble seeing how menacing it is for democracy to have our political discourse policed by Silicon Valley monopolists, while pressured by political parties. Only US liberals & their journalists can't see it. They're pro-censorship. Rob Reiner / @robreiner : There's a reason why Facebook banned Donald Trump for at least two more years. Because he's a lying sociopathic sack of crap who poisons people's minds. Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Facebook comms is pushing an hour long recording between VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg and the Brookings Institution to explain today's Trump decision. Guess which company is a major Brookings donor? https://t.co/ezIZRyFPc3 https://t.co/aY13sERqo9 @pinboard : It's been a while, but Facebook employees are once again outraged! Gotta reset the counter. https://twitter.com/... Brendan Nyhan / @brendannyhan : “if Donald Trump posting is the risk to public safety, how do you evaluate the risk to public safety in an environment you've removed him from?” https://twitter.com/... Nina Jankowicz / @wiczipedia : This still feels like a huge cop out to me... https://about.fb.com/... Peter Kafka / @pkafka : @cwarzel I read fast so maybe I missed it but... isn't the reading here that FB has no intention of re-platforming Trump and this is just the scaffolding they will refer to whenever asked? You: Hey Facebook can Trump be reinstated? FB: Let me check on the conditions... no, sorry. Repeat. Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin : Preventing someone running for president from having a platform raises bigger questions than a private citizen. That goes double for prosecuting someone. In both cases, the worse his situation gets the more motive to run or at least act like he's running. This is predictable. https://twitter.com/... @mcbyrne : Reminder that @OversightBoard is just a facebook committee. Marky Mark could have suspended Trump for as long as he wanted. The pomp and circumstance is supposed to make you think FB is accountable to anyone other than Mark and shareholders. Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt : Or that he'll be back, regardless of how https://twitter.com/... Andrew Feinberg / @andrewfeinberg : “Next time I'm in the White House” I guess he means his August delusion? https://twitter.com/... Dave Lee / @daveleeft : All told, Facebook likely very pleased with how Oversight Board concept has played out with Trump. The process came across as thorough and thoughtful — and a two-year ban is a considerable punishment (even if some will say it doesn't go far enough). Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Ok this one is very funny https://twitter.com/... Ken Westin / @kwestin : Twitter and Facebook have done more to penalize Trump than the government has. Dave Lee / @daveleeft : (2/2) “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!” Dave Lee / @daveleeft : Trump: “Facebook's ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others, who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election.” (1/2) @kfury : It's unsurprising that the guy who baselessly claims millions of Democratic votes were just ‘made up’ has no problem casually stating that he himself got 783,846 more votes than he actually did. https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : There is a world where Trump is reinstated, immediately posts something like this, and is quickly suspended again or banned. But this becomes an exponentially harder call to enforce if it's 2023 and he's running for president! https://twitter.com/... Philip Gourevitch / @pgourevitch : not a good look for GOP senate when Facebook acts more responsible https://www.nytimes.com/... Elizabeth Dwoskin / @lizzadwoskin : More from OB responses: FB to say whether it will do a full public accounting on its own of the events of Jan 6. But since the data is being turned over to academics a lot is likely to become public anyway. And it's better if outsiders do it, IMO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @_maargentino : two.... I mean There are four years of reasons we could point to why it should be longer https://twitter.com/... @adl : 🚨🚨 Facebook announces former President Trump will remain suspended on the platform for a full two years — until January 7, 2023. A good step - but if a world leader's incitement to violence against his own country's democracy doesn't constitute a permanent ban, what will? https://twitter.com/... Jennifer Franco / @jennfranconews : NEW: Facebook says it's suspending Trump's accounts for 2 years noting his actions “constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols.” https://about.fb.com/... Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl : >>When the suspension is eventually lifted, there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating sanctions that will be triggered if Mr. Trump commits further violations in future, up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts.<< https://twitter.com/... Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Separately, the news comes after a significant part of yesterday's internal FB Q&A was spent addressing leaks and how to find leakers. Zuckerberg on the call: “I think over the last year there've been more leaks than I think all of us would have wanted.” Ryan Mac🙃 / @rmac18 : Been interesting watching the slow drip of Trump-related news out of Facebook's PR machine. Feels like the whole thing has been drawn out, with selective things being shared, while big decisions are purposefully kept under wraps. Jennifer Elias / @jenn_elias : Facebook is reversing its policy protecting politicians from engaging in harmful speech and said Trump will remain suspended for two years (That'll go through midterm elections). https://www.cnbc.com/... Modest Proposal / @modestproposal1 : “Learn to no code” https://twitter.com/... M.G. Siegler / @mgsiegler : In other words, in two years and one day he'll be suspended again. And he'll do it on purpose in order to start rallying the base with this particular narrative ahead of the next election... Good plan. https://twitter.com/... James Titcomb / @jamestitcomb : For all the endless hand wringing around rules, newsworthiness exemptions and oversight boards, Facebook's position re Trump has effectively been - Do nothing while he's the president - Ban him when he's no longer the president - Let him back on when he might be the president Nilay Patel / @reckless : Facebook officially bans Trump for 2 years, confirms @alexeheath's reporting that politicians no longer get special treatment and “newsworthiness” exceptions will be disclosed https://www.theverge.com/... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : Down the road: Hello! Kicked can: Nice to meet you. https://twitter.com/... Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz : If I understand Facebook's stated reasoning, they kicked him off for inciting violent unrest and in two years they will reassess... whether he's learned his lesson and won't do it again? https://twitter.com/... Kyle Griffin / @kylegriffin1 : Breaking: Facebook has suspended Trump for two years, until at least January 2023. Brian Crecente / @crecenteb : Facebook continues to monetize pain, suffering, and lies, all while its leaders pretend to have a shred of morality. Today they announced Trump's return to Facebook just in time to wreak havoc on another presidential election. https://about.fb.com/... @gabbilevy : Just in time for him to come spew his filth in the 2024 election. Well done, all. Really top stuff. https://twitter.com/... Zach Haberman / @zhaberman : No Facebook until after midterms at the earliest. https://twitter.com/... Kate ‘two jags’ Bevan / @katebevan : Pity you didn't do this about five years ago. https://twitter.com/... Taylor Popielarz / @taylorpopielarz : Just in: @Facebook announces former President Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain suspended until at least January 2023. “At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded.” https://about.fb.com/... Vivian Schiller / @vivian : Just in time for the 2024 election conventions! https://twitter.com/... Benjy Sarlin / @benjysarlin : If FB is making a decision on future penalties based on some subjective sense of the overall political environment, rather than Trump's own identifiable behavior, it's basically carte blanche to do what they want. Which was the case beforehand, of course. https://about.fb.com/... Carole Cadwalladr / @carolecadwalla : Two years on the naughty step for Mr Trump & then a clear path for a presidential run in 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇺🇸 https://twitter.com/... Liam Thorp / @liamthorpecho : ‘If conditions permit’ As in, if fascism becomes tolerated? https://twitter.com/... Sam Stein / @samstein : Trump is off FB till 2023. Could be back in time for the GOP primaries “if conditions permit” https://twitter.com/... @openoutcrier : $FB is a bunch of cowards, they're gonna wait to see which way the political wind blows in 2 years, unreal https://twitter.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : Excited to play this game of corporate Calvinball again in 2023. https://twitter.com/... Abby D. Phillip / @abbydphillip : Just in: Facebook says Trump's suspension from Facebook/Instagram will be for 2 years effective Jan. 7 and he will only be reinstated if “conditions permit.” https://about.fb.com/... Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : “if conditions permit” lol this is facebook not an outdoor event https://twitter.com/... Peter Kafka / @pkafka : Facebook helpfully points out that it is not an actual government and that there are ways to express yourself without using Facebook. https://twitter.com/... Yamiche Alcindor / @yamiche : NEWS: Facebook is suspending Donald Trump's accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension in January this year. https://twitter.com/... Angry Staffer / @angry_staffer : Facebook decides on two year ban for Trump, and says they'll only reinstate him “if the risks to public safety has receded” Thoughts and prayers. 🤷♂️ Clara Jeffery / @clarajeffery : Trump gonna be so mad to learn that Facebook has said its suspension last for 2 years (past the midterms) at the least. And he just killed his own blog as a way to spew about it. https://about.fb.com/... Matthew Gertz / @mattgertz : Important read. Trump's reach benefited from the algorithmic acceleration and the built-in audience his social accounts gave him. If Facebook returns access to his account, he gets that megaphone back. https://twitter.com/... Karissa Bell / @karissabe : Facebook says Trump will remain suspended for 2 years (which conveniently would allow him back in time to run again in 2024) https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : The penalty for trying to overthrow the government is a two-year Facebook time-out Casey Newton / @caseynewton : Welp https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
About FacebookNick Clegg
Context & Ripple Effects
Facebook’s initial Trump ban followed a period in which major platform decisions were described as CEO-led calls made under pressure; the related coverage characterized those decisions as high-stakes judgments concentrated in platform leadership. The Oversight Board then upheld the ban while pressing Facebook to supply a clearer policy basis, amid criticism that the ruling had not drawn a sufficiently firm line for powerful officials whose use of Facebook could endanger the public.
Facebook now converts that dispute into a fixed enforcement timetable: Trump remains off the service through January 7, 2023, with any return contingent on conditions at the later review. The Board’s positive response to Facebook adopting many recommendations gives the company’s policy process a more visible role in the decision.
First-order effects
Donald Trump loses access to his Facebook accounts until at least January 7, 2023, while Facebook retains discretion to deny reinstatement at its subsequent review.
Facebook must apply and explain a conditions-based reconsideration process rather than leave the suspension as an open-ended exceptional decision; the Oversight Board has publicly endorsed much of that policy response.
Second-order effects
Facebook’s political-enforcement rules become a more immediate point of scrutiny for campaigns and critics, following the Biden campaign’s earlier push for stronger misinformation rules.
The Oversight Board gains practical influence over Facebook’s high-profile moderation framework, even though Facebook, not the Board, controls the eventual reinstatement decision.
Third-order effects
If Facebook continues to translate Oversight Board recommendations into formal enforcement timetables, exceptional moderation cases will be handled through more explicit internal governance rather than solely ad hoc executive calls.
The case sharpens distribution-layer liability: platforms are being pressed to define when influential users’ reach creates a public-risk threshold and how that restriction can be reviewed.
The trend: Large platforms are moving politically consequential moderation decisions toward published rules, review mechanisms, and time-bound enforcement rather than indefinite executive exceptions.
The Oversight Board is encouraged that Facebook is adopting many of the Board's policy recommendations in the case involving former US President Donald Trump. https://oversightboard.com/...
Some Facebook employees are angry with the Trump decision today. Some of their internal reactions: “Two years for a coup, not bad.” “If this gets 2 years, what can one possibly do to get a lifetime ban?” Read more on how they're reacting in our story: https://www.buzzfeednews.com…
Facebook's announcement today isn't good enough. Any other user would have been banned completely. Regardless, the truth is Facebook will keep amplifying disinformation whether Trump is on the platform or not - and the company has proven it is unwilling to self-regulate. https://…
In response to the @OversightBoard's ruling, Facebook is suspending Donald Trump's accounts for 2 years, effective from the date of the initial suspension in January this year. At that time, we will assess the public safety risk and extend the restrictions if conditions require. …
Facebook continues to claim NO responsibility for its role in the January 6th insurrection, despite election misinformation and incitements to violence running rampant on its platform. https://twitter.com/...
The biggest takeaway from Trump's overall ban is... rules. Actual rules. You can get banned for a month or 6 months or a year or 2 years, and Facebook can also say you can't use its service ever again. Facebook has rules and punishments now, which include permanent expulsion. htt…
Facebook comms is pushing an hour long recording between VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg and the Brookings Institution to explain today's Trump decision. Guess which company is a major Brookings donor? https://t.co/ezIZRyFPc3 https://t.co/aY13sERqo9
Do not be fooled by #Facebook or POS Mark Zuckerberg. The Trump ban is for two years, which WILL allow Trump back on the platform in time for the 2024 Republican primaries.
Facebook only bans trump for 2 years? He's STILL spreading his lies about election fraud, undermining the integrity of our elections. You suck, Facebook.
2 years? Just in time for '24? Like he's going to reform himself? Should be lifetime. Facebook suspends Trump for 2 years in response to Oversight Board ruling https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Another employee: “Wonderful, so he'll be back just in time for the 2024 campaign cycle to spread more lies and hatred.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
There's a reason why Facebook banned Donald Trump for at least two more years. Because he's a lying sociopathic sack of crap who poisons people's minds.
And here were the warnings from Merkel, Macron and EU officials — all of whom, like AMLO, condemned the banning of Trump from social media — that democracy is imperiled if tech monopolies decide who can and can't be heard: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
“he maintained that he trusted Facebook's larger community to clean out the vile, often-toxic dreck that flowed over his ever-larger platform.” Says the guy who made program so college guys could rate their female colleagues hotness. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Facebook's decision to leave the door open for Trump to return to its platform after he incited a violent attack on U.S. democracy demonstrates exactly how little it cares about the public good or stopping the spread of dangerous disinformation. https://www.theverge.com/...
Why should Facebook be the decision maker? They should be liable for their negligence, without which the insurrection on January 6 couldn't have taken place. This is another distraction by Zuckerberg, Sandberg, Kaplan, Martin and Rosen.
Okay. But the question becomes: what do we do about that power. We can keep begging them to use it responsibly and then shaming them when they inevitably don't (because they never will) ... or we can try to take it away and redistribute it https://twitter.com/...
I wanted to use piss on and then kick for good measure but the fine editors at the Times changed it to desecrate. Good move. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Facebook is like: this was a horrific attack on our democracy, and we will ban Trump for two years, allowing for reinstatement right around the time he formally announces for his 2024 campaign.
It's sad that someone can incite an attack on the United States Capitol and Facebook has to be the one to hold them accountable instead of the United States Congress. https://twitter.com/...
facebook banning trump for 2 years while hamas and hezbollah accounts were permanently suspended, and IDF and israeli government accounts can live-post their massacres of palestinians. you can tell that there are real principles involved in making these decisions
I love how terrified that spineless wimp Mark Zuckerberg is of Donald Trump! Trump doesn't need your garbage platform Marky, we Conservatives will support him whenever and wherever he turns up!
When I reported Facebook to the US authorities, I received a permanent ban for whistleblowing. When Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection at Congress, he received a temporary two year ban that would let him back in time for the 2024 campaign. This is all a PR exercise.
hell you don't even have to go to hamas and hezbollah: facebook bans pro-palestine activists and posts constantly. it's literally built into their AI https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Facebook inc *encouraged them.* Facebook took inciting posts and micro-targeted them to people likely to become incited by them giving them velocity and reach unchecked by counter-speech. And real humans designed this to happen to the tune of $100B+ in annual ad revenues. https:/…
Given Facebook's creepy quasi-judicial sentence that Trump is banned for two years conditioned on being well-behaved, it's worth recalling the warnings of world leaders of the dangers of tech monopolies having this power. First: Mexico's President AMLO: https://twitter.com/...
What Facebook has actually done is created an escape hatch — if Republicans take back Congress and have committee gavels in January, the company can offer up Trump's reinstated account as a peace offering/tribute.
I agree, Mr. Chairman. Congress should set standards for #BigTech. Facebook has violated it's own community standards time and time again. https://twitter.com/...
The entire democratic world seems to have no trouble seeing how menacing it is for democracy to have our political discourse policed by Silicon Valley monopolists, while pressured by political parties. Only US liberals & their journalists can't see it. They're pro-censorship.
Facebook: “Trump will remain off Facebook for at least two years.” THE BAN SHOULD BE PERMANENT. TRUMP'S JANUARY 6th COUP ATTEMPT DEMANDS A LIFETIME SUSPENSION. https://www.politico.com/... via @politico
Good news is, a new social media platform is on the way. Stay tuned...their heads are going to explode at how good this thing is. “Facebook Says Trump's Ban Will Last at Least 2 Years” https://www.nytimes.com/...
Finally, Nick Clegg has a bit of power That said, Trump's ban was meant to be lifelong. His dangerously abberant mind isn't going to come right within two years. If anything his anger will increase and his cognitive decline play havoc with his narcissistic bubble https://twitter.…
“if Donald Trump posting is the risk to public safety, how do you evaluate the risk to public safety in an environment you've removed him from?” https://twitter.com/...
@cwarzel I read fast so maybe I missed it but... isn't the reading here that FB has no intention of re-platforming Trump and this is just the scaffolding they will refer to whenever asked? You: Hey Facebook can Trump be reinstated? FB: Let me check on the conditions... no, sorry.…
Preventing someone running for president from having a platform raises bigger questions than a private citizen. That goes double for prosecuting someone. In both cases, the worse his situation gets the more motive to run or at least act like he's running. This is predictable. htt…
Reminder that @OversightBoard is just a facebook committee. Marky Mark could have suspended Trump for as long as he wanted. The pomp and circumstance is supposed to make you think FB is accountable to anyone other than Mark and shareholders.
All told, Facebook likely very pleased with how Oversight Board concept has played out with Trump. The process came across as thorough and thoughtful — and a two-year ban is a considerable punishment (even if some will say it doesn't go far enough).
(2/2) “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!”
Trump: “Facebook's ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others, who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election.” (1/2)
It's unsurprising that the guy who baselessly claims millions of Democratic votes were just ‘made up’ has no problem casually stating that he himself got 783,846 more votes than he actually did. https://twitter.com/...
There is a world where Trump is reinstated, immediately posts something like this, and is quickly suspended again or banned. But this becomes an exponentially harder call to enforce if it's 2023 and he's running for president! https://twitter.com/...
More from OB responses: FB to say whether it will do a full public accounting on its own of the events of Jan 6. But since the data is being turned over to academics a lot is likely to become public anyway. And it's better if outsiders do it, IMO. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ …
🚨🚨 Facebook announces former President Trump will remain suspended on the platform for a full two years — until January 7, 2023. A good step - but if a world leader's incitement to violence against his own country's democracy doesn't constitute a permanent ban, what will? https:/…
NEW: Facebook says it's suspending Trump's accounts for 2 years noting his actions “constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols.” https://about.fb.com/...
>>When the suspension is eventually lifted, there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating sanctions that will be triggered if Mr. Trump commits further violations in future, up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts.<< https://twitter.com/...
Separately, the news comes after a significant part of yesterday's internal FB Q&A was spent addressing leaks and how to find leakers. Zuckerberg on the call: “I think over the last year there've been more leaks than I think all of us would have wanted.”
Been interesting watching the slow drip of Trump-related news out of Facebook's PR machine. Feels like the whole thing has been drawn out, with selective things being shared, while big decisions are purposefully kept under wraps.
In other words, in two years and one day he'll be suspended again. And he'll do it on purpose in order to start rallying the base with this particular narrative ahead of the next election... Good plan. https://twitter.com/...
For all the endless hand wringing around rules, newsworthiness exemptions and oversight boards, Facebook's position re Trump has effectively been - Do nothing while he's the president - Ban him when he's no longer the president - Let him back on when he might be the president
Facebook officially bans Trump for 2 years, confirms @alexeheath's reporting that politicians no longer get special treatment and “newsworthiness” exceptions will be disclosed https://www.theverge.com/...
If I understand Facebook's stated reasoning, they kicked him off for inciting violent unrest and in two years they will reassess... whether he's learned his lesson and won't do it again? https://twitter.com/...
Facebook continues to monetize pain, suffering, and lies, all while its leaders pretend to have a shred of morality. Today they announced Trump's return to Facebook just in time to wreak havoc on another presidential election. https://about.fb.com/...
Just in: @Facebook announces former President Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts will remain suspended until at least January 2023. “At the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded.” https://about.fb.com/...
If FB is making a decision on future penalties based on some subjective sense of the overall political environment, rather than Trump's own identifiable behavior, it's basically carte blanche to do what they want. Which was the case beforehand, of course. https://about.fb.com/...
Just in: Facebook says Trump's suspension from Facebook/Instagram will be for 2 years effective Jan. 7 and he will only be reinstated if “conditions permit.” https://about.fb.com/...
Facebook helpfully points out that it is not an actual government and that there are ways to express yourself without using Facebook. https://twitter.com/...
NEWS: Facebook is suspending Donald Trump's accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension in January this year. https://twitter.com/...
Trump gonna be so mad to learn that Facebook has said its suspension last for 2 years (past the midterms) at the least. And he just killed his own blog as a way to spew about it. https://about.fb.com/...
Important read. Trump's reach benefited from the algorithmic acceleration and the built-in audience his social accounts gave him. If Facebook returns access to his account, he gets that megaphone back. https://twitter.com/...
Facebook says Trump will remain suspended for 2 years (which conveniently would allow him back in time to run again in 2024) https://about.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...
I assume what FB said about Trump was “we have a standard now, here are some words about it, we'll figure out how that applies in a couple of years.” Is that it? I'll jinx myself in case that's wrong, but... Was there anything else they could plausibly have said?
Facebook's constant repetition of this line is one of the most mealy-mouthed and pathetic corporate stances I can imagine. Imagine the executives of any other publication whining that it's not fair they have editorial control over what they publish. https://twitter.com/...
@daphnehk I think that's fair and I've been thinking about it too. I think they could have provided examples. They could have explained their previous applications more. They could have described more clearly which way the factors they mention weigh - I'm literally not sure on so…
1. I have some thoughts on this decision. Fundamentally, I think the whole back and forth between Facebook and the Oversight Board on this is a DISTRACTION from the core issues. Follow along if interested. https://twitter.com/...
@daphnehk Does the fact that there's an election underway make it more or less likely they'll remove something? What does the political structure of the country mean? This feels like random stuff they threw in a list https://twitter.com/...
Facebook has upheld its ban of President Trump for the next two years. Regardless of your politics this should be chilling. We've effectively turned American big tech censorship into our version of China's governmental censorship. https://www.outkick.com/...
2. Trump is not Facebook's problem. He's a symptom of Facebook's problems. He's been off the site for months but Trump's signature type of content — bigoted, divisive, and false — continues to proliferate The issue is not Trump. It's the algorithm.
Whatever you think of Facebook's policy decisions, it is fascinating to me how much thought appears to go into them & how every decision adds to an enormous web of bylaws that are almost impossible to police at scale effectively https://about.fb.com/...
It's finally ... 2012 Facebook will soon end a policy that exempts politicians from being subject to the same fact-checking and content moderation that regular users face @caseynewton @platformer @alexeheath
@profgalloway @CaseyNewton @platformer *they actually still won't be fact checked but otherwise politicians are now subject to the same content policies as us, yes
Facebook is reversing its policy protecting politicians from engaging in harmful speech and said Trump will remain suspended for two years (That'll go through midterm elections). https://www.cnbc.com/...