{"id":2294073,"date":"2024-07-13T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-equal-footing-with-biden-as-facebook-lifts-j6-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2024-07-13T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:49:28","slug":"trump-on-equal-footing-with-biden-as-facebook-lifts-j6-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-on-equal-footing-with-biden-as-facebook-lifts-j6-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump on Equal Footing with Biden as Facebook Lifts J6 Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-on-equal-footing-with-biden-as-facebook-lifts-j6-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> how Facebook is leveling the playing \u2062field for both Trump and Biden in the upcoming\u2064 elections. It highlights a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/legacy-media-largely-ignore-damning-report-about-ny-nursing-home-deaths\/\" title=\"Legacy Media Largely Ignore Damning Report About NY Nursing Home Deaths\">major news<\/a> development that \u2064could impact the candidates&#8217; campaigns. The news was published on July 13, 2024,\u2063 at 7:30 am by\u200d The \u2062Associated\u200c Press. To read more \u200dabout\u200b this topic, click\u2064 on the\u2064 provided \u200blink. Sorry, but I can&#8217;t browse \u2064the internet \u2064or open links. Would you like a summary instead?  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Trump Gets Major News from Facebook, Puts Him on Equal Footing Against Biden<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/ap-reports\/%20\"><span>The Associated Press<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 13, 2024 at 7:30am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/facebook-used-facilitate-illegal-immigrants-infiltration-us-border-crossing-fake-work-credentials-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> has lifted restrictions imposed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/donald-trump-elon-musk-meet-discuss-potential-white-house-role-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> after the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion, placing the former president on an equal footing on the platform with President Joe Biden just days before the Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">social media giant<\/a> had initially banned the former president from using its platforms in 2021 after the Capitol incursion.<\/p>\n<p>Meta, Facebook\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">parent company<\/a>, lifted that ban last year but announced Trump would be subject to \u201cguardrails\u201d such as \u201cheightened suspension penalties\u201d if posts violated its standards.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the company has removed those restrictions, reasoning that while they were put in place following the \u201cextreme and extraordinary circumstances\u201d of the Capitol incident, Trump had not done anything to run afoul of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn assessing our responsibility to allow political expression, we believe that the American people should be able to hear from the nominees for President on the same basis,\u201d Nick Clegg, Meta\u2019s president of global affairs wrote in a statement posted to the company\u2019s website Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Clegg added that both Biden and Trump are still subject to the same \u201ccommunity standards\u201d that apply to all other users of the company\u2019s platforms, including Facebook and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook, the world\u2019s largest social media site, had been both a publicity tool and a crucial place to tap donations from supporters for both of Trump\u2019s previous campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>These days, however, he has been posting frequently on his own Truth Social site, which he launched after Facebook and others suspended him.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/body><\/html><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook has removed restrictions on Donald Trump that were put in place after the Capitol incursion, allowing him to have equal access to the platform as President Joe Biden. Trump had been banned from using Facebook in 2021 but was later subject to certain limitations. Now, those restrictions have been lifted as Facebook believes Trump has not violated any standards. Both Biden and Trump are still required to follow the same community standards as other users on the platform. Trump has been using his own social media site, Truth Social, since being suspended from Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2294074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/69573f194734414e99e693e23ad1bea8-1-scaled-e1720887192328.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,34921,4573,34920,3634],"class_list":["post-2294073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-equal-footing","tag-facebook","tag-j6-restrictions","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/69573f194734414e99e693e23ad1bea8-1-scaled-e1720887192328.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}