That's it Facebook announced that it is suspending Donald Trump's accounts at least until January of 2023.
Εalso announced that all political figures will be penalized, as well as other users, for violating the rules of social media, especially in the case of misinformation.
The former US president will not be able to return until "the risks to public safety have been eliminated," said the platform, which had temporarily suspended him on January 7 for encouraging his supporters to attack the Capitol. , in Washington, a day before, in an unprecedented decision. The two-year period is valid from this date, January 7th.
The social media giant has drafted a new regulation in connection with the events of January 6, providing for sanctions of suspension of accounts from one month to two years, for public figures, in case of riots and violence, according to a press release. In this context, recidivists can be excluded forever.
«Facebook's decision is an insult" to "75 million people, and many more, who voted for us in the rigged 2020 elections", Said the former US president in a press release, adding that in the social media giant"he should not be allowed to save her with such censorship and such silencing».
«In the end, we will win. Our country can no longer tolerate these abuses!", concluded.
This decision to exclude him deprives Trump of an important online means of communication in view of the midterm elections of November 2022, when his party will fight for the seats of the Congress. However, it does mean that he will probably be able to return to Facebook before the next presidential election in late 2024.
Donald Trump has been permanently banned from Twitter and remains blocked from YouTube after the Capitol attack.
"Given the critical circumstances leading up to Mr Trump's exclusion, we believe his actions constitute a serious breach of our rules, which deserves the highest possible penalty under the new protocols," the international affairs chief said in a blog post. of Facebook Nick Glegg.
Facebook's independent supervisory board upheld the unprecedented blockade of the company by Trump in May. However, he ruled that it was wrong to impose an indefinite ban and advocated a "proportionate response".
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