{"id":552865,"date":"2021-06-04T15:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552865"},"modified":"2021-06-04T15:51:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T19:51:17","slug":"heres-how-facebook-flouted-their-own-policies-to-censor-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-how-facebook-flouted-their-own-policies-to-censor-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How Facebook Flouted Their Own Policies To Censor Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fheres-how-facebook-flouted-their-own-policies-to-censor-trump%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=552865&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/og-default.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Today\u2019s announcement by Facebook that Trump will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-facebook-gives-trump-two-year-suspension-will-extend-if-experts-decide-a-serious-risk-to-public-safety-exists\">suspended<\/a> from their platforms for at least two years is yet anothe piece of evidence that the entire timeline of Trump\u2019s 2021 battle with Facebook is nonsensical theater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/06\/facebook-response-to-oversight-board-recommendations-trump\/\">blog post<\/a> titled, \u201cIn Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit,\u201d VP of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, responded to the Oversight Board\u2019s instructions to \u201creview the decision [to suspend Donald Trump] and respond in a way that is clear and proportionate, and made a number of recommendations on how to improve our policies and processes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And what was that response? To bring us back to where we started: a permanent suspension of Donald Trump in all but name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In his announcement, Nick Clegg defined \u201cnew enforcement protocols to be applied in exceptional cases such as this,\u201d and then confirmed that \u201cthe time-bound penalty consistent with those protocols which we are applying to Mr. Trump\u2019s accounts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGiven the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr. Trump\u2019s suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols,\u201d Clegg stated. \u201cWe are suspending his accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension on January 7 this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But notice the timeline of events here. On January 7, citing the \u201cshocking events\u201d of January 6 when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zuck\/posts\/10112681480907401\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> it was clear that Trump intended \u201cto use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete,\u201d concluded Zuckerberg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Almost four months later, Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/facebooks-oversight-board-slams-big-tech-giant-for-avoiding-its-responsibilities-despite-refusing-to-overturn-trump-ban\">upheld<\/a> this decision, while simultaneously demanding that Facebook \u201c<\/span><span>review this matter to determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform.\u201d The Board justified their decision by claiming that phrases like \u201cWe love you. You\u2019re very special,\u201d \u201cgreat patriots,\u201d and \u201cremember this day forever\u201d had \u201cviolated Facebook\u2019s rules prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence,\u201d which is absurd on its face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One month later, Nick Clegg was wheeled out to define these policies and, shock of all shocks, proclaim that these policies just so happen to justify Facebook\u2019s original decision!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are today announcing new enforcement protocols to be applied in exceptional cases such as this, and we are confirming the time-bound penalty consistent with those protocols which we are applying to Mr. Trump\u2019s accounts,\u201d wrote Clegg. \u201cGiven the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr. Trump\u2019s suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols. We are suspending his accounts for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension on January 7 this year.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the suspension is technically for two-years, Clegg made it clear that Trump\u2019s ban could easily be extended, depending on \u201cexpert\u201d analysis of \u201crisk to public safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt the end of this period, we will look to experts to assess whether the risk to public safety has receded. We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest,\u201d said Clegg. \u201cIf we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To summarize, Facebook flouted their own policies to suspend Trump indefinitely, their Oversight Board \u2014 a supposedly-independent \u201ccheck\u201d on Facebook\u2019s power \u2014 did nothing, and Facebook congratulated themselves after massaging into existence the precise set of policies required to justify their original decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>What a surprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s announcement by Facebook that Trump will be suspended from their platforms for at least two years is yet anothe piece of evidence that the entire timeline of Trump\u2019s 2021 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279258,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/og-default.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Here\u2019s How Facebook Flouted Their Own Policies To Censor Trump","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/og-default.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Here\u2019s How Facebook Flouted Their Own Policies To Censor Trump","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552865","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}