{"id":543746,"date":"2023-01-26T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T03:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-01-26T06:28:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T03:28:00","slug":"facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"#: Facebook to allow Trump back on platform after 2-year ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af23d67eb836\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban\/#%E2%80%9C_Facebook_to_allow_Trump_back_on_platform_after_2-year_ban%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;: Facebook to allow Trump back on platform after 2-year ban&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban\/#%E2%80%98The_public_should_be_able_to_hear_what_their_politicians_are_saying_%E2%80%94_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly_%E2%80%94_so_that_they_can_make_informed_choices_at_the_ballot_box_Meta_exec_says\" >\u2018The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying \u2014 the good, the bad and the ugly \u2014 so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box,\u2019 Meta exec says<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban\/#Bill_Peters\" >Bill Peters<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C_Facebook_to_allow_Trump_back_on_platform_after_2-year_ban%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;: Facebook to allow Trump back on platform after 2-year ban&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98The_public_should_be_able_to_hear_what_their_politicians_are_saying_%E2%80%94_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly_%E2%80%94_so_that_they_can_make_informed_choices_at_the_ballot_box_Meta_exec_says\"><\/span>\n  \u2018The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying \u2014 the good, the bad and the ugly \u2014 so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box,\u2019 Meta exec says<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap crawler\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001600693\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          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accounts after the social-media platform banned him following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, the company said Wednesday.  <\/p>\n<p> The reinstatement of those accounts is set to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en \u201cin the coming weeks,\u201d Nick Clegg, Meta\u2019s president of global affairs, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2023\/01\/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension\/\" class=\"icon none\">said in a statement<\/a> late Wednesday. He added that the safety risk in the wake of the riot had \u201csufficiently receded,\u201d and that the company had added new standards to \u201cdeter repeat offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       \u201cAs a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> rule, we don\u2019t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta\u2019s platforms \u2014 especially in the context of elections in democratic societies like the United States,\u201d he said. \u201cThe public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying \u2014 the good, the bad and the ugly \u2014 so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A representative for the former president, when reached via email for comment, linked to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109752172651767013\" class=\"icon none\">post<\/a> from Trump on his own social-media foray, Truth Social. In that post, Trump said of his ban and reinstatement: \u201cSuch a thing should never again happen to a sitting President, or anybody else who is not deserving of retribution!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The decision by Meta comes after Elon Musk, who owns Twitter, restored Trump\u2019s account on that platform last year. However, no new posts have appeared on that account since. Truth Social, meanwhile, has suffered from an array of technical, legal and financial issues since its launch last year. <\/p>\n<p>Meta has dealt with thousands of layoffs amid a pullback in digital advertising, and its stock has tumbled 53% over the past 12 months. The company has faced criticism over its efforts to curb misinformation on its platforms, and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353?mod=article_inline&amp;mod=article_inline\" class=\"icon none\">Wall Street Journal in 2021 reported<\/a> that the company enforced its rules more lightly on higher-profile users.  <\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s suspension of Trump took hold on Jan. 7, 2021. Clegg, in Wednesday\u2019s statement, said Trump\u2019s suspension was \u201can extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances.\u201d That decision arrived after the former president appeared reluctant to condemn the rioters, and framed the storming of the Capitol as a something of a predictable response to the baseless notion that the 2020 election was rigged. <\/p>\n<p>But Clegg said that an oversight board criticized the ban on Trump\u2019s accounts as being too open-ended and vague, and said it lacked specific guidelines on how to handle the suspension and eventual restoration of accounts on the platform. In response, he said, the company set a suspension time frame of two years for Trump, and added more guidelines surrounding curbs on activity from public figures during civil unrest. <\/p>\n<p>Company management also told the oversight board that it would \u201cassess whether the risk to public safety has receded\u201d before making any decision on whether to restore Trump\u2019s accounts. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo assess whether the serious risk to public safety that existed in January 2021 has sufficiently receded, we have evaluated the current environment according to our Crisis Policy Protocol, which included looking at the conduct of the U.S. 2022 midterm elections, and expert assessments on the current security environment,\u201d Clegg said. \u201cOur determination is that the risk has sufficiently receded, and that we should therefore adhere to the two-year timeline we set out.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>He said Trump could face suspensions ranging from one month to two years for any future violations of any posting guidelines, depending on how far he runs afoul of those rules. Meta may also \u201climit the distribution\u201d of posts that circulate conspiracy theories, and take steps to limit access to advertising. Those steps could leave material visible on Trump\u2019s accounts, but off of other users\u2019 feeds. <\/p>\n<p>In its guidelines surrounding restricting posts from public figures during any upheaval, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/transparency.fb.com\/en-gb\/enforcement\/taking-action\/restricting-accounts-by-public-figures\/\" class=\"icon none\">updated on Wednesday<\/a>, Meta said it would consider that figure\u2019s history on Facebook or Instagram, their influence on people who might cause violence, and the severity of that violence. But most violations, it said, would land within the one-month restriction range. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor most violations, a public figure will have a one-month restriction from creating content,\u201d the policy said. \u201cMore serious violations, such as sharing a link to a statement from a terrorist group in the aftermath of an attack, will merit either a six- or 12-month restriction from creating content. In cases where a violation is severe, we\u2019ll restrict the account for two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shares of Meta slipped 0.2% after hours on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Bill Peters\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/topics\/journalists\/bill-peters\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billwpeters\",\"text\":\"@billwpeters\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:bpeters@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"bpeters@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bill_Peters\"><\/span>Bill Peters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"278_MW\" author-name=\"Bill Peters\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Ffacebook-to-allow-trump-back-on-platform-after-2-year-ban-11674685486%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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