Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Facebook will continue to block Trump from its platform

In my opinion Facebook would have blocked Donald J. Trump from its platform even if there was no riot at the Capitol. He's banned from Instagram too, which Facebook also owns.

Big Tech needs to be broken up bigly.

But the continuing of the ban will only harden the resolve of his millions of supporters.

From NPR:

Facebook was justified in its decision to suspend former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection [My note: correction, riot] at the U.S. Capitol, the company's oversight board said on Wednesday. That means the company does not have to reinstate Trump's access to Facebook and Instagram immediately. 

But the panel said the company was wrong to impose an indefinite ban and said Facebook has six months to either restore Trump's account, make his suspension permanent, or suspend him for a specific period of time.

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