{"id":559463,"date":"2021-06-10T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559463"},"modified":"2021-06-10T14:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:06:40","slug":"mark-cuban-says-banning-trump-was-just-the-right-thing-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mark-cuban-says-banning-trump-was-just-the-right-thing-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban Says Banning Trump Was \u2018Just The Right Thing To Do\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmark-cuban-says-banning-trump-was-just-the-right-thing-to-do%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=559463&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>Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said banning former President Donald Trump from social media was \u201cthe right thing to do\u201d in an interview with The Daily Beast released Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[If] someone is using your product to do something really bad, you stop selling them the product,\u201d Cuban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/mark-cuban-on-the-future-of-the-mavs-taxing-billionaires-and-why-elon-musk-is-irrelevant-to-crypto?ref=home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> discussing social media companies like Facebook and Twitter banning Trump. \u201cIf I realized that something I sold was being used for something that was nefarious or wrong, I would stop it. How is this any different? Putting aside the TOS, it\u2019s just the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Twitter first issued a temporary suspension before upgrading to a permanent suspension after alleging Trump incited or justified violence at the Capitol. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/trump-congratulates-nigeria-banning-twitter-countries-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Congratulates Nigeria For Banning Twitter, Says \u2018More COUNTRIES Should Ban Twitter And Facebook\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,\u201d Twitter said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/08\/twitter-ban-trump-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook and Instagram blocked Trump indefinitely, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/07\/president-donald-trump-blocked-facebook-instagram-mark-zuckerberg-riot-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleging<\/a> Trump used the platform to \u201cincite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7211305\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7211305\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7211305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump's executive order could lead to attempts to punish companies such as Twitter and Google for attempting to point out factual inconsistencies in social media posts by politicians. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7211305\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MAY 28: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Doug Mills-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Facebook\u2019s oversight board <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/facebook-capitol-riot-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upheld<\/a> the company\u2019s decision to ban Trump in May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board found that, in maintaining an unfounded narrative of electoral fraud and persistent calls to action, Mr. Trump created an environment where a serious risk of violence was possible,\u201d the board said in a statement. The board found, however, a permanent ban was inappropriate and Facebook must set a \u201cproportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/facebook-suspends-donald-trump-two-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> in June Trump would be <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/donald-trump-criticizes-facebook-two-year-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspended for an additional two years<\/a> due to the \u201cgravity of the circumstances\u201d that led to his initial suspension.<\/p>\n<p>A May <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/08\/survey-voters-oppose-facebook-trump-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> by Rasmussen found 48% of voters surveyed opposed Facebook\u2019s ban. Another poll from Rasmussen found more than half of voters believed Twitter and Facebook are politically biased. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/15\/chamberlain-facebook-and-twitter-should-not-be-allowed-to-ban-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Chamberlain<\/a>, senior counsel at the Internet Accountability Project, said free speech must be protected across all platforms, including private companies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public square has moved to the internet and been privatized by Facebook and Twitter. The First Amendment protects you from government censorship, but to make the American commitment to free speech meaningful, your right to speak on Facebook and Twitter must be protected also,\u201d Chamberlain said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Facebook and Twitter feel so powerful that they can ban the sitting President of the United States, a sword of Damocles is hanging over every conservative\u2019s right to speak their mind in public. It doesn\u2019t have to be that way. Americans should have the same right to speak on Facebook and Twitter that they do in a public park; if their speech is lawful, it should not be censored.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said banning former President Donald Trump from social media was \u201cthe right thing to do\u201d in an interview with The Daily Beast released Thursday.\u201c[If] someone &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279898,"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\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mark Cuban Says Banning Trump Was \u2018Just The Right Thing To Do\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1227630829-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mark Cuban Says Banning Trump Was \u2018Just The Right Thing To Do\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559463","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=559463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}