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Facebook blocks Trump accounts indefinitely, a move lasting through
inauguration
- Facebook (FB+2.3%) is blocking President Trump from accessing his
accounts indefinitely, and particularly during the two weeks remaining
before the inauguration of Joe Biden, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says.
- "We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our
service during this period are simply too great," Zuckerberg says in a
post.
- "The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that
President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to
undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected
successor, Joe Biden," Zuckerberg says.
- In recent years Facebook has periodically removed Trump's content or
labeling posts when they violated policies, with Zuckerberg saying it was
pursuing the "broadest possible access" to political speech - but "the
current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our
platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected
government."
- Facebook last night joined social-media peer Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) in
putting a temporary ban on Trump in the wake of the storming of the
Capitol; it's now moved to make that ban more extensive.
- Attention now turns to Twitter, which has declined to say what time
today Trump will be allowed to post on its platform again.
- *Dear readers:* We recognize that politics often intersects with the
financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the
separate political discussion.
|Today, 10:59 AM|86 Comments
Facebook blocks Trump accounts indefinitely, a move lasting through
inauguration
- Facebook (FB+2.3%) is blocking President Trump from accessing his
accounts indefinitely, and particularly during the two weeks remaining
before the inauguration of Joe Biden, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says.
- "We believe the risks of allowing the president to continue to use our
service during this period are simply too great," Zuckerberg says in a
post.
- "The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that
President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to
undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected
successor, Joe Biden," Zuckerberg says.
- In recent years Facebook has periodically removed Trump's content or
labeling posts when they violated policies, with Zuckerberg saying it was
pursuing the "broadest possible access" to political speech - but "the
current context is now fundamentally different, involving use of our
platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected
government."
- Facebook last night joined social-media peer Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) in
putting a temporary ban on Trump in the wake of the storming of the
Capitol; it's now moved to make that ban more extensive.
- Attention now turns to Twitter, which has declined to say what time
today Trump will be allowed to post on its platform again.
- *Dear readers:* We recognize that politics often intersects with the
financial news of the day, so we invite you to click here to join the
separate political discussion.
|Today, 10:59 AM|86 Comments
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