At the end of the two-year suspension, the social media giant said it will reassess whether the risk to public safety has receded.
The company first suspended the former president indefinitely on January 7—the day after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol—because it believed Trump's statements were contributing to rather than diminishing the risk of ongoing violence.
"We 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's accounts," Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs, said in a blog post.
At the end of the two-year period, the social media site will reassess whether the risk to public safety has receded. Facebook said if it's determined that there's still a"serious risk" then it will extend the suspension and continue to re-evaluate until the risk is gone."Facebook's ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others, who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election.
He added,"We know today's decision will be criticized by many people on opposing sides of the political divide—but our job is to make a decision in as proportionate, fair and transparent a way as possible, in keeping with the instruction given to us by the Oversight Board."
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