Meta removes special restrictions for Trump's account ahead of 2024 elections - eviltoast

Meta announced former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will no longer be subject to heightened suspension penalties, according to an updated blog post on Friday. The company says it made the decision to ensure all Presidential nominees were on equal footing on their platform ahead of the 2024 Presidential election. When Meta reinstated […]

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    4 months ago

    Zuck is going mask-off. I expected it from Elon with how reckless he is, but I thought Zuck was more subtle than that. He probably thinks he can bury it in bullshit and everyone will forget.

    Sadly, he’s probably right.

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    4 months ago

    Another torrent of blatant untruths and ‘alternative facts’? Glad I’m not on any meta platform lol.

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    Great idea, because it’s less important to hold someone to account when they’re lying to become President. God it is so infuriating how much power loves to support power, fucking sociopaths.

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    4 months ago

    Suckerberg peed his pants a little at the idea of the neo-Führer acting against him if he wasn’t allowed on his platform.

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    Having everyone behave properly? No.

    Let those who want to misbehave do it.

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      4 months ago

      Hopefully Facebook does for willingly allowing misinformation, against their own policies.

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    Mr Trump’s (convicted felon) threat to throw Zuck in jail might be relevant to this decision.

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    Oh neat! Tailoring to racist, fascist, assholes, who threaten nuclear war on a whim, just so Facebook can get a little engagement boost. Fuck Mark Fuckerberg.