“We believe that the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this time are just too great,” the Facebook CEO wrote in the post. “So we are extending the block we put on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transfer of power is complete.”
The decision marks a major boost by Facebook as he and other platforms have come under heavy pressure from advocacy groups and prominent figures to block Trump after his inflammatory astronomy explodes ar-a-mach.
Facebook and Twitter took the shocking step Wednesday of locking up President Donald Trump’s account for a while on their platforms after his supporters protested the Capitol building against the election.
If the latest restrictions remain, Facebook could be the first major platform to remove Trump permanently.
Facebook’s move is now raising expectations for Twitter, which is known for being the president’s favorite social media platform, to follow suit. Twitter has confirmed that Trump tweeted several tweets to regain his tweet permission sometime Thursday, though the company declined to say exactly when he would be able to tweet again.
Twitter also said that “future breaches … will result in a permanent ban on the @realDonaldTrump account.”
“This element of all the companies clapping until one of them steps in, and then in a matter of minutes, everyone does it,” Adam Sharp, former head of news, said. government and elections on Twitter. “No one wants to be like the first one, and they just take a chance on who will be the first one to go around that time. Then they all ‘Thelma and Louise’ do it and making the call. “
The fundamental problem facing most technical platforms, he said, is that the weight of Trump’s misconduct goes far beyond the companies’ efforts to build standard systems for misbehaving. punish.
In his blog post Thursday, Zuckerberg said that Facebook had confirmed that Trump’s recent posts were “likely” to contribute to the violence rather than the other way around.
Trump has indicated that he “intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and legal transfer of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden,” Zuckerberg wrote.
Facebook has already described the events surrounding Trump’s posts this week as a crisis. Now, Zuckerberg has finally revealed where Facebook will draw the line for Trump – at nothing less than a deadly attack on Congress.