Facebook confirms dursima sancin against Donald Trump

Facebook announced today that the suspension of the account of the former president of United States, Donald Trump, last two years, the maximum possible sentence, said the company which accused it of having broken the rules of the social network for “encouraging and legitimizing violence” during the assault on the Capitol on January 6.

“Given the gravity of the circumstances which led to Mr. Asset, we believe their actions were a serious violation of our rules which deserve the highest sanction available under the new protocols, ”the company’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said in an article.

Facebook He also said that politicians will be treated like other users when they violate social network rules, especially with misinformation.

Last month, the Content Advisory Council, a body made up of independent researchers and created by the Mark Zuckerberg, invited to veto the president of Facebook e Instagram.

The resolution, which was binding, said that “there is sufficient evidence” to deny the tycoon access to these social networks, but not for this measure to be permanent.

The panel also urged Facebook to come back to “his contribution to the story of electoral fraud and political tensions” which led to the violence in Congress which left five dead during the current session to certify the electoral victory of Joe biden.

During this assault, the tycoon posted a video on his social media asking his supporters to come home, but with an ambivalent message he also told them: “We love you, you are very special.”

This post was deleted by Facebook, arguing that it violated its rules, for which the Republican insisted with a text in which he justified the violence in front of “an overwhelming electoral victory stripped so brutally”, which was also subsequently eliminated.

The company suspended its accounts for 24 hours and, nearly two weeks after leaving the White House, the ban became indefinite, which was justified by Zuckerberg: “We believe that the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great.”

Before arriving at the White House, Facebook refused to upload several controversial videos from Asset, like the one raised in 2015 by the Republican candidate of the time asking to ban the entry of Muslims to United States, the extent to which he later came to power.

In this case, the company decided to leave it online due to the “topical” policy, which means that although it recognized a violation of the terms of use of the social network, it was given priority to ‘it is material of public interest.

Last year the former president was allowed to constantly publish false information about the coronavirus and even, after the riots over the murder of African American George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, he posted: “When the looting begins, filming begins. “

Pressure from workers for the company to act on the matter, according to internal documents revealed in June 2020 by the Washington Post, the use of social networks to disseminate his complaint of “fraud” in his defeat against Biden and, above all, the assault on the Capitol, changed the relations between Asset Yes Facebook.

Other social networks like Twitter, the favorite of AssetBesides platforms like Twitch and apps like Google Play, among others, they have banned or restricted the dissemination of messages from the tycoon of his last days in power under the argument of “incitement to violence”.

Faced with this situation, the ex-president created his own platform to communicate with his followers but closed it this week before his first month of life.