Trump after Facebook suspension: They should not be allowed to escape this silence

The Facebook company said it will suspend former President Donald Trump's account for two years after it was found to trigger violence before the January 6th violent attack.

At the end of this period, we will ask experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has decreased. We will assess external factors, including violence cases, restrictions on peaceful gatherings and other signs of civil unrest”, the company's vice president for global issues said Friday through a post by Nick Clegg.

In a press release, former President Trump called the decision “an insult”.

“They should not be allowed to escape without being punished by this censorship and silence. After all, we will win. Our country can no longer bear this abuse!”, says the press release.

The blocking of Mr. Trump's Facebook account means that others can read and comment on past posts that have been made there, but Trump and other managers of this account are unable to post new materials. On the other hand, Twitter has forever banned Trump from access to its services and on the company platform there is no trace of its account.

Facebook said it would increase penalties for public figures during the time of civil unrest and violence. On an encrypted colorboard in its post Friday, the company said that those who violate its policies during this time could be limited by the post for a period of a month ( yellow) to two years (red).

Future violations, Facebook said, will be met with “higher penalties, until permanent suspension”.

Facebook also plans to end a controversial policy supported by its President Mark Zuckerberg automatically exempting politicians from rules that prohibit hate speech and abuse. The company has said it has never implemented this policy on Trump.

The social media giant said on Friday it plans, however, to implement this exception, for those <x0-> posts making up news” are in the public interest even if it violates Facebook rules. But the company said it would publicise cases in which it would implement exemption on a post./Vora