Facebook Upheld its Ban of Trump

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ts that praise people engaged in violence.They are basically putting it off for six months. Donie O’Sullivan writing for CNN Business says, “the board ruled that Facebook’s imposition of an indefinite suspension was inappropriate, as ‘indefinite suspensions’ are not described as a potential outcome in Facebook’s content policies. The board gave Facebook six months to reevaluate the action taken on Trump’s account and to apply some consequence consistent with its own rules.”The Board, on their Facebook rendition of the ruling itself, said:<blockquote id="4d5c">The Board found that the two posts by Mr. Trump on January 6 severely violated Facebook’s Community Standards and Instagram’s Community Guidelines…The Board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr. Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible. At the time of Mr. Trump’s posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for those involved

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in the riots legitimized their violent actions. As president, Mr. Trump had a high level of influence. The reach of his posts was large, with 35 million followers on Facebook and 24 million on Instagram.</blockquote>Makes sense to me.The thing is, I didn’t expect reasonable minds to prevail. I am honestly quite surprised by this turn of events, as Mr. Trump gets away with many shenanigans. Regular folks in the same situation would be carted off to jail.<h2 id="3534">Donald Trump ain’t regular folk.</h2>Neither is Mark Zuckerberg. But he — and by extension, his Oversight Board — are no fools.Suzanne Nossel, a member of the board, said this:<blockquote id="0f32">Obviously, Facebook has its own motives in this. Let’s be clear. They’re a profit-making enterprise. They wouldn’t have done this if they didn’t think it was good for business.</blockquote>Isn’t it slightly ironic that business is helping to take down the literal icon of business?</article></body>

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America president Donald Trump after elections By Naresh777 at Shutterstock

Just when I was planning on deleting my Facebook account.

Zuckerberg pulled the plug on one of the few remaining megaphones Donald Trump had to reach the masses.

Well, it really wasn’t Mark Zuckerberg who pulled the actual plug. And it really isn’t an “indefinite” suspension.

The decision was made by the Facebook Oversight Board

The Facebook Oversight Board is an independent group made up of journalists, human rights activists, lawyers, and academics. They concluded that Trump’s two Facebook posts on January 6th violated Facebook rules which prohibit posts that praise people engaged in violence.

They are basically putting it off for six months. Donie O’Sullivan writing for CNN Business says, “the board ruled that Facebook’s imposition of an indefinite suspension was inappropriate, as ‘indefinite suspensions’ are not described as a potential outcome in Facebook’s content policies. The board gave Facebook six months to reevaluate the action taken on Trump’s account and to apply some consequence consistent with its own rules.”

The Board, on their Facebook rendition of the ruling itself, said:

The Board found that the two posts by Mr. Trump on January 6 severely violated Facebook’s Community Standards and Instagram’s Community Guidelines…The Board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr. Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible. At the time of Mr. Trump’s posts, there was a clear, immediate risk of harm and his words of support for those involved in the riots legitimized their violent actions. As president, Mr. Trump had a high level of influence. The reach of his posts was large, with 35 million followers on Facebook and 24 million on Instagram.

Makes sense to me.

The thing is, I didn’t expect reasonable minds to prevail. I am honestly quite surprised by this turn of events, as Mr. Trump gets away with many shenanigans. Regular folks in the same situation would be carted off to jail.

Donald Trump ain’t regular folk.

Neither is Mark Zuckerberg. But he — and by extension, his Oversight Board — are no fools.

Suzanne Nossel, a member of the board, said this:

Obviously, Facebook has its own motives in this. Let’s be clear. They’re a profit-making enterprise. They wouldn’t have done this if they didn’t think it was good for business.

Isn’t it slightly ironic that business is helping to take down the literal icon of business?