Facebook Suspends Trump Accounts for Two Years

 Facebook suspends trump accounts for two years. Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was banned indefinitely from both sites in January for posts about the U.S. Capitol riot, but last month Facebook's supervisory board criticized the open punishment.

Facebook said Trump's actions were "a serious violation of our rules

Trump said it was "an insult" to the millions who voted for him in last year's presidential election. Facebook's move is because the social media giant is putting an end to policies protecting politicians from some content moderation rules. Based on newsworthy comments, he said he would no longer grant immunity to politicians for deceptive or abusive content. President Trump's ban took effect from the date of the initial suspension on January 7, Nick Kaleigh, Facebook's vice president of global affairs, said in a post.

"Given the seriousness of the circumstances that led to President Trump's suspension, we believe his actions seriously violated our rules, which deserve the highest possible punishment," he added. “If we determine that there is still a significant risk to public safety, we will extend the restrictions for a period of time and continue to re-evaluate until the risk is reduced.”

When he returns, Trump will face "a string of stringent and rapid sanctions" for all violations, Klee's statement said. How did Trump respond? In a statement released by the Save America Political Action Committee, Trump said, "Facebook's ruling is an insult to the 75 million people who set the record and the many who voted for us..." “They must not run away with this censorship and silence, and ultimately we will win. Our country can no longer tolerate this abuse!”

In his second statement on the two-year ban, Trump attacked the Facebook founder. "The next time I'm in the White House, there will be no more dinners with him and his wife, Mark Zuckercover at his request," the former president said. "Everything will be done!" The Facebook move will allow Trump to return to the platform before the 2024 presidential election. He also comes as he prepares to re-host the large direct rallies that have been a symbol of his campaigns and presidency. One of his first works is scheduled for early July in Dallas, Texas, according to local media.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that the communications platform Trump set up following a social media ban (from Donald J Trump's desk) was permanently shut down. In addition to Facebook with more than 2 billion monthly users, Trump was banned from Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, Twitch, and other social media platforms after the January riots.

'It's a big phone' Facebook's dilemma with Trump was complex, compromised, and guaranteed to upset millions of people. The fact - whatever their decision - was bound to be polarized. But to be clear, Facebook, today the world's largest social network, denied access to a megaphone to anyone with 74 million votes. They just didn't know or acknowledge him. They elected him president of the United States. It's a big phone.

2px presentation gray line, What is Facebook's new policy? Facebook says public figures who break the rules by inciting unrest or violence will be suspended for a month, and in more serious cases up to two years. This is part of an effort to reverse a previous policy that allowed newsworthy political comments despite the potential for harm. Posts that are considered worthy of an exception despite the potential for violations may still be allowed but will give you a warning label by Facebook. The company said it would no longer treat "content posted by politicians" differently.

"Instead, we'll apply the News Value Balance Test in the same way to all content, measuring whether the content's public good value outweighs the potential risk of leaving the content in place." The company's supervisory board found Trump's initial ban to be appropriate but found no reason for the ban to remain indefinitely. An independent Facebook-funded board of directors has 20 members who can make binding decisions about content. Among its members are jurists, journalists, free speech experts, and former Danish Prime Ministers. The announcement comes on the same day that regulators in Europe and the UK are launching a formal antitrust investigation into whether Facebook has misused customer data.