Former US President Donald Trump will not take back his Facebook account after the platform banned it last January due to the events of the Capitol Building.
The Social Network Supervisory Board voted today, Wednesday, to support his ban from the platform in a form. Permanent, having suspended his account four months ago for inciting the violence that led to riots on January 6th.
A vague punishment that must be reviewed
However, at the same time, the Council criticized the nature of the ban decision approved at the time by Facebook, because the network You did not specify it by a specific time. He explained, “It is not appropriate to impose an account suspension for an” indefinite period, “considering that the penalty for suspending Trump’s accounts on his network and Instagram was” ambiguous. “
In addition, he indicated that he is waiting for the council. The Facebook administration is reviewing the suspension decision to see if the penalty is in line with the rules applied to other users of its platform.
For his part, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the famous network, said in his announcement of the unprecedented move, according to what was quoted The Associated Press, “The risks of letting Trump continue using the platform are too great.”
Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page last January, “The horrific events of the past 24 hours clearly show that President Donald Trump intends to use the remaining time. Him in office to undermine the peaceful and legitimate transfer of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden. ”
It is indicated that this decision will not only have implications for Trump, but also for technology companies, world leaders, and people from across the political spectrum – and many more. Of them, they hold strongly conflicting opinions about the appropriate role of technology companies when it comes to regulating Internet conversation Protect the public from abuse and misinformation!
