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| ▲ CNN News captures Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to extend the suspension of President Donald Trump’s account. | |
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Facebook suspended the account of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, until he withdrew.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a post on his Facebook account on the 7th (local time), saying: “It is too risky to allow President Trump to continue using our services for the time being.”
“We decided to indefinitely increase the suspension of their Facebook and Instagram accounts,” he added. “It will last at least two weeks until the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden is completed.”
He added: “We have allowed President Trump to use Facebook for public access, even if the political comments have been controversial, but now the situation is different.” He added: “He chose our platform to fight a violent revolt against a democratically elected government. I am using it to incite.”
Previously, Facebook and Twitter encouraged protesters who stormed the Capitol to prevent the United States Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election and removed President Trump’s post alleging the fraudulent election and suspended accounts.
For this reason, President Trump had to express his position, saying: “I will transfer power peacefully” and that “I do not agree with the results of the vote”, through the Twitter account of his assistant, instead of himself, when Congress confirmed Biden’s victory.
This is the first time that the social media account of an incumbent president has been suspended. Twitter, which suspended President Trump’s account for 12 hours, has yet to come up with additional measures, unlike Facebook, which extended the suspension period.
Criticism of “social media response, too late” too
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| ▲ Twitter removed the post and took over President Donald Trump’s account, who stopped using it. | |
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However, the Twitter part said: “I am seeing President Trump’s comments and activities in real time, including tweets,” and said, “If it is determined that you need more stringent restrictions on your account, we will disclose.”
Additionally, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter also removed a minute-long video of President Trump asking protesters to return home. Guy Rosen, Vice President of Facebook, said: “I decided that this video encourages violence instead of stopping it, so I deleted it.”
However, it is noted that this incident is also the responsibility of social networks, which have been passive in preventing the activities of President Trump.
Jennifer Grizziel, a communications professor at Syracuse University in the US, told CNN that the incident on Capitol Hill was the result of President Trump’s use of social media platforms to spread false information and propaganda.
“The decision to remove President Trump’s post and suspend his account was too late,” he said. “Social networks should also take some responsibility.”
