#Meta / #Facebook: Ending Suspension of #Trump’s Accounts With New Guardrails to Deter Repeat Offenses

Source: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/01/trump-facebook-instagram-account-suspension/

Social #media is rooted in the belief that open debate and the free flow of ideas are important values, especially at a time when they are under threat in many places around the world. As a general rule, we don’t want to get in the way of open, public and democratic debate on Meta’s platforms — especially in the context of #elections in democratic societies like the United States. The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying — the good, the bad and the ugly — so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box. But that does not mean there are no limits to what people can say on our platform. When there is a clear risk of real world harm — a deliberately high bar for Meta to intervene in public discourse — we act.

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