American tech Objectivecompany owner Facebook and Instagramannounced this Wednesday that it will restore the former president’s accounts in the coming weeks Donald Trumpsuspended after the storming of the Capitol in 2021 by a violent group of his followers.
In a statement, the company explains that it suspended Trump’s accounts two years ago because of some “extreme and very unusual circumstances”but he specified that the public “must be able to listen to what its politicians are saying” in order to “make informed decisions at the polls”.
Meta says it has included limits in its updated policy and that Trump’s accounts are reinstated after “civil protest-related suspensions,” so if they post content that violates their rules they could be suspended again for between a month and two years. .
In the first days of January, the company anticipated that it would make a decision. The decision is so relevant that the company has formed a special labor commission. The team includes staff from Meta’s public policy and communications, content policy, and security and integrity departments.
The person charged with overseeing the decision will be former UK deputy prime minister and chairman of global affairs at Meta, Nick Clegg.
“We believe that any private company, and that regardless of their personal views on Donald Trump, should exercise great consideration when seeking to silence politicians and other voices,” Clegg said on the matter in October last year.
Less than a year ago, Trump launched his own social network: “Social Truth”. In February of last year, the network began its phased rollout, but thousands of casual users faced technical issues or were placed on a waitlist on Monday due to what the app called “high demand.” .
This mobile application was at the top of the most downloaded applications in the US Apple online store. A few hours after the launch of “Social Truth” on the “App Store”, numerous users, including journalists from the AFP extensionHowever, they have directly verified that they still cannot access the brand new social network.
The following message appeared on the screen of some mobile phones: “Due to popular demand, we have placed you on a waiting list. We love you and to us you are not just a number”.
Trump, a Twitter amnesty he didn’t use
Late last year, Twitter-owner Elon Musk promised he would grant “amnesty” to suspended accounts, which online security experts frown upon, as they predict it will “spur a rise in harassment, hate speech and disinformation”.
The new owner of Twitter announced this Thursday after conducting a survey on his account of that social network, on the restoration of users who “have not broken the law or dealt with egregious spam”, yes, it was just over 72% .
“The people have spoken. Amnesty starts next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei,” Musk tweeted using a Latin phrase meaning “the voice of the people is the voice of God.”
Musk used the same phrase after posting a similar poll last weekend before reinstating former US President Donald Trump’s account, which Twitter shut down for encouraging an insurrection on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. Trump said you won’t be on Twitter again, but you haven’t deleted your account.
With information from the EFE Agency
Source: Clarin
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