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Re:Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 ele... by fuzzylightbulb on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:09PM (#40949474)
> Donald Trump’s animosity toward Mark Zuckerberg is getting even more heated. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, the former president threatened to put “election fraudsters” in jail, name-checking the Meta founder in the process. [1]

That was three days ago. A few months back he called Facebook "the enemy of the people". I will never understand why these platforms bend over backward to accommodate the guy who would destroy their entire business if he felt it personally advantageous. It feels like a modern, business-specific twist on the paradox of tolerance.

[1]https://www.fastcompany.com/91153300/donald-trump-threatens-...

Re:Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 ele... by seanmcdirmid on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:10PM (#40949481)
I'm pretty sure the platforms are in it for the money.
Re:Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 ele... by poikroequ on Friday July 12, 2024 @05:29PM (#40949617)
And thanks to the conservative majority supreme Court, he can actually do these things as president with complete impunity.
Re:Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 ele... by maximinus_thrax on Monday July 15, 2024 @12:21PM (#40969211)
> I will never understand why these platforms bend over backward to accommodate the guy who would destroy their entire business if he felt it personally advantageous.

This [0] book says it's because of money

[0] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/712678/broken-code-...