Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump

Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by captain_price7 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:27PM (#25674105)

> There is no more power to give

Ability to censor top level politicians, deciding what constitutes acceptable and what needs to be censored is not the kind of power they used to have.

Edit: bit clarification

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by dwaltrip on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:56PM (#25674590)

This isn't true. Private entities have never been required to distribute messages from US officials or politicians. I believe the only exceptions are certain emergency broadcasts.

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by captain_price7 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:41PM (#25675280)

I wasn't talking strictly about legal ability.

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by dwaltrip on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:43PM (#25676213)

I'm not sure what you mean then. What power or abilities have changed?

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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by jayd16 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:37PM (#25674277)

They just did it so I think it certainly was.

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