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By BARBARA ORTUTAY WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
112 Comments
Commodore Perry
This secures the election of Trump. Even far-left libs will be outraged by this censorship.
Newgirlintown
It won’t stop him lying though.
Laguna
Tempest in a teapot. Trump will soon be forgotten, which is what angsts him most.
plasticmonkey
Trump once again projecting. He’s right. The country can’t take his abuse anymore.
stormcrow
Trump’s mouth is a public menace. He should’ve been banned permanently.
plasticmonkey
Facebook is a private company, like Fox, Newsmax, or OANN. It can do what it pleases. At least it makes a modicum of effort to put a lid on dangerous misinformation.
plasticmonkey
Trump is a crybaby loser.
FB owes you nothing, Donald.
OssanAmerica
After what he has done, and what his sheep, both the unthinking and self-serving, are still doing to this country adding a zero to that number would be more appropriate.
Mark
You don't deserve a platform if you use it to spread lies and hate.
zurcronium
He can start his blog again, bah hah hah. Not even the right wing loons bothered to read it previously
Tokyo-Engr
As much as I detest Trump (and I truly do) I equally detest Mark Zuckerburg who once stated unapologetically that people that trust him with their information are stupid &^#s (words which cannot be repeated here). That is the reason I never used Facebook. The move is obviously political based on the timing of the ban (i.e. 2 years which ensure ban through nearly all of the next election cycle).
Facebook, Twitter, etc. are not government agencies however they are afforded exemptions from certain regulatory requirements (they donate alot to politicians). They are major platforms used by politicians and it is an issue related to the 1st Amendment which the writers of the Constitution could not have anticipated.
It is ironic that many Americans seem to be OK with the Social Media companies aiding China with their censorship efforts and also censoring Americans whose viewpoints they do not like.
I am a Liberal and we used to say in Berkeley, California: "I may not agree with what you say but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it".
This was decades ago and seems no longer to be the case or general opinion of a large segment of Americans. It is quite obvious what is going on in the U.S. and even some of my much further left friends are starting to wonder what the heck is going on.
The latest revelations about the Wuhan Lab and Fauchi and the reversal of the media and some of these companies on this issue and now "allowing" or promoting discussion of what they once banned not so long ago are waking a bunch of people up.
gaicuckojin
i guess they’re trying to be more like the safe space of tumbler.
they’re def gonna lose alot of people specially since they now any thing you type can trigger some someones feelings. So in other words instead of being center they are biased toward certain idealogies.
I wish facebook would ban for 2 yrs
i wish i could block mark zuck
sf2k
should be at least 5 years, that way FB it taken out of the 2024 election as well. Making it two years just creates possibilty where none should exist. They whimped out, should be a lifetime ban for insurrection.
Jsapc
A 2 year Facebook ban for inciting an actual violent insurrection seems like a really light sentence. But it's better than nothing I guess. People can still read his blog anyway. Oh wait...
Concerned Citizen
@Tokyo-Engr
Well said.
Concerned Citizen
Facebook is concerned that Trump might influence the midterms elections.
Concerned Citizen
Facebook is a private company and can do what it wants.....but the government can strip away their legal protections, which they should do.
Concerned Citizen
No wonder people left Facebook in droves. Go woke, go broke.
isoducky
What I'm most worried about this is that Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple, all private companies and not government entities, are beginning to decide what speech is and is not in the interest of public safety.
OlympicSupport
You can block/ban the man all you want. His supporters will still be around. They won't do a ban past 2 years because he needs to be able to run his campaign in the next election, which always includes the use of social media. After Biden destroys America, Trump will have alot of rebuilding to do!
SimondB
Did they?
How about, "No wonder people left the republican party in droves" after January 6.
The Avenger
Maybe more remarkable than whichever way Facebook decided to rule, it is a former Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (Nick Clegg) making the announcement for Facebook that a former US President can't use the platform.
Bob Fosse
Aww diddums.
Complain that Facebook is for ‘woke lefties’ then complain when he can’t use it. Presidents should be doing their job not gossiping about Bette Midler.
Anyway, I thought he was going to build his own successful media platform. Great, quit whining then.
OlympicSupport
Many posters complain about these big tech companies. However most of you use Apple, Twitter, Google, Facebook, Instagram, etc. the only way to make them lose is to NOT use them...Use ALT tech. Heck, you don't even need windows nowdays. You can sever ties with Microsoft by using Linux, and still be able to post in Japan Today!
Thomas Tank
So a private company found someone guilty of a federal crime that the government has shown zero interest in pursuing, let alone prosecute.
The fact is that many of the things FB cracked down on and did not allow to be spread are now being considered by the current government and supported by the media. They only called them lies when it was convenient.
Trump acts like an idiot at times, but people hate him for being right - even when it's not politically correct. (especially when)
Commodore Perry
plasticmonkeyToday 07:15 am JST
Not true. Just because a company is a a private company does not mean it can violate laws. That is a big misconception.
Ai Wonder
Why only two-years? I’m sure if I’d been as incendiary, they have sent me packing forever.
GdTokyo
it’s not censorship and we are fine with it. We had a meeting at the pizza place last night.
FB has NOT violated any laws, contrary to your conspiracy theories.
Wish it had been permanent, but if they abide by their own rules, he’ll never be allowed back because he is a danger to the public.
But I’ll take it. Hopefully he will be in prison or expired by then.
GdTokyo
We don’t
No, no he’s not. He’s going to prison.
please do tell us more about all your bets.
Blacklabel
That’s ok I would prefer to keep the focus on what Facebook is doing and how it actually helps Trump politically.
the timing of the “end” is suspect and we all know it’s just going to be extended again anyway. By then Facebook will be MySpace anyway along with other platforms that ban and censor.
GdTokyo
By then he will be in prison or have died of natural causes.
Commodore Perry
GdTokyoToday 09:21 am JST
Triggered much?
Bob Fosse
So, all of them then? Even ‘Frank’ bans and censors. You’re living in a fantasy.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
I don't know, Black; Tax fraud, bank fraud, illegal campaign contributions, you know exactly like his attorney went to jail for making. You sound awfully cocky for being the supporter of a man whose organization is the subject of a grand journey.
lolololol Donald should try winning the popular vote for once. The dude's lost the vote in every election he ever ran, stone cold loser.
NOMINATION
I should have bet the many here that said he would disappear and no one would ever hear about him in the news again. I would have been rich!
ulysses
ROFL
donald’s blog getting shut down, Facebook kicking him off for another 2 years and the criminal investigation into his shady businesses picking up.
Not a good week for donald.
Blacklabel
Trump is speaking at the North Carolina GOP convention Saturday.
No way the media wont cover it. The negative articles like already written and will posted here too.
Rallies coming again this summer.
So with those and the daily press releases, dont need Facebook or Twitter.
nishikat
Shouldn't it be MAJOR detail? Trump is really President and he says is coming back to the WH in August. Just wait two more months and Biden will be evicted.
What got most people was when Trump promoted Mr. Clean to treat Covid-19
I don't use any social media and I could care less. Then what will the next FB be? It has to be something. The deplorables can't build social media since they are not smart enough. Look at Parler and Trump's social media blog that was shut down.
Yes, in two months he's coming back in August to reclaim the WH as he said. Two months and NOT 2 years.
GdTokyo
And the pseudo-fascists have their false equivalence.
Blacklabel
campaign contributions already thrown out of court. thats not prison anyway. Any citizen can be found guilty of bank or tax fraud. if proven. thats the hard part, its not like impeachment where you can just do it with no evidence just because you have more votes than the other side. hard, concrete evidence needed.
Cohen was only in prison because he pled guilty to lying to Congress and pled guilty to illegal campaign contributions that were found to not be illegal. He tried so hard to plead guilty to things he didnt even do so that he could flip on Trump and get that liberal adulation and sweet book deal money. ended up screwing himself.
nishikat
Then who is going to prison for stealing the election from Trump? And what every happened to Hillary's prison conviction?
On what channel? InfoWars?
Jsapc
If facebook or twitter had violated any laws by banning trump, they would have been successfully sued and charged with violating the law. Can you tell us was laws they violated exactly? Because in actual fact, all I see is that Trump violated facebook and twitter's EULA, and was therefore rightfully banned.
lincolnman
President Obama won two terms, has a Grammy, an Emmy, and a Nobel Prize; has Twitter and Facebook accounts; and a successful blog....
Donald Trump was impeached twice during one term, has been banned from Facebook and Twitter, had a failed blog, and is the subject of two current criminal investigations...
Pretty easy to tell who the Loser is...
Bob Fosse
Of course they will, everyone loves a freak show.
So what was all the whining about then?
bass4funk
I wasn’t at the least bit shocked by the decision. I get it, the left are afraid of the guy and blocking him in this manner is so far the best way to keep him publicly silent, but what these so called genius’s don’t understand is, the more they try to silence the guy, the stronger and more determined his base grows. The same people that push and want the freedom of speech and want it applied to the left in all of its capacity, but want it limited when it involves the former President or other conservatives. This all helps Trump and rhe GOP. After the GOP retake the House, that canceling power will be on its last leg. The 1st amendment belongs to all Americans, not just to big tech. No one elected Zuckerberg or Dorsey to anything.
PTownsend
That is a perspective.
I do not like 45 because of the damage he has done to the democratic principles the republic is. built on. And also because of the way he has continued to further splinter the country along race, religion and class lines. And because he is one of the most dishonest politicians the country has ever seen. And he has never cared about the country, only about his bank accounts. And the bank accounts of his family. Trump has been right, about as far right as anything the planet has seen since the 1930s. And almost as far right as Russia today
nishikat
Don't forget the right are not smart enough (remember Trump people are often undereducated or brainwashed like Jim Jones followers who think he's coming back to the WH in two months) and they don't have enough computer programmers to work on Trump Social Media. It's a fact, on average Trump people are less intelligent. Some are alright, but as a group, not that smart.
But they are smart and competent compared to Parler CEO John Matze. Comparing Matze to Zuckerberg or Dorsey is like comparing a coal running steam engine to a Tesla.
Yes, in two months as Trump and his followers belive
Jsapc
Just like noone elected the moderators of japan today, and yet they can remove posts and ban at will, because it is their platform and we accept those rules when we use it.
How is twitter or facebook any different?
Bob Fosse
That’s strange. The ex President posted it on his own blog, just before it got shut down. It’s funny you didn’t hear about that.
Must have been that shadow cancel banning culture optic thingamajig again eh.
bass4funk
Lowering taxes, lowering the unemployment rate for blacks, trying to downsize government, holding the msm responsible, keeping the border secure and being aggressive on visa overstayers? Giving incentives to small businesses, making the US energy independent and allowing people and all Americans equally to exercise their 1st amendment rights? Yeah, that’s a huge threat to democracy, how dare he!
No, that would be the Democrats and every minority city that they govern over. For over 60 years their policies have done what to help all of these low income and impoverished communities? And the left continue to use the race card as a crutch to support every single argument they bring up or can’t win. It’s definitely not coming from the right. They need to get their house in order first before pointing their finger at others.
If that were true then the man wouldn’t have subjected his life to a job that doesn’t pay well and could have spared him a lot of political bashing and suffering. Nice try….
What?
Blacklabel
so it wasnt that Trump hating NY Times reporter Maggie Haberman, tweeting this nonsense out like it was true? you know the reporter the Dems said is available to "tee up" any story they need?
oldman_13
Two years? Should have been two decades minimum.
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 10:33 am JST
It's not actually going to grow though, is it? The majority of Americans have demonstrated in elections that they want nothing to do with self-righteous blowhards determined to make tits of themselves.
nishikat
What jobs, specifically? Also, Trump cancelled net neutrality. Also, TrumpCare is a failure.
Ladders and shovels?
Texas?
Also, Trump promoted using Mr. Clean to fight COVID-19
But Trump is returning to the WH in August
bass4funk
Well, we don’t know exactly what all Americans think. When you silence the opposition and take away their platform or dissent, how can you in all honest know who, where your support rests and how many accurately? Also, as we know his rallies were a huge magnet and influence, so these guys know his outreach is the main power of the guy, that’s why they want to limit it. If it weren’t, he still would be on social media, but that’s ok, the rallies are scheduled to take place soon again and I want to see Zuckerberg and Dorsey go down there trying to cancel them. Good luck! Lol
Kaerimashita
Hmm
nishikat
WRONG!
There is FOX News, OAN, NewsMax, and InfoWars. Also, the evengelical churches. For social media there is Parler, NRA TV, and Trump's Blog. What's the problem.
Commodore Perry
Simon FostonToday 10:56 am JST
Wasn't Trump elected in 2016?
Amusing looking back at the triggered libs from that outcome.
Bob Fosse
Sure, it’s 78+ million. Lol.
FizzBit
That’s OK, I’ve suspended Facecrook for life.
nishikat
And according to Trump and his followers he was elected in 2020 and is returning to the WH in August. It's good news
Simon Foston
bass4funkToday 11:07 am JST
That's what elections are for.
You seem awfully sure about those 78 million people you keep mentioning.
Obviously they didn't influence people that much. Trump still lost by quite a wide margin, as even judges he appointed himself don't dispute.
FizzBit
Very amusing. They were actually more triggered by Trump than Bush Jr. and the news corps lying to start a war.
bass4funk
Yes and Pelosi is very worried about our next election which is our midterms in 2022 and if I were her, I would be very worried as well.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/551602-democrats-confront-difficult-prospects-
Yes.
Well, now with the provisions the GOP are trying to implement: voter ID, allowing poll watchers from both political parties to view the counting process. Have it on November 3rd and ONLY on that day, no more counting late ballots unless their postmarked by the election date, then we can honestly and unequivocally maintain and uphold election integrity.
Blacklabel
“Next time I'm in the White House there will be no more dinners, at his request, withMark Zuckerbergand his wife. It will all be business!" Trump said.”
boss mode activated.
GdTokyo
You seem awfully sure about those 78 million people you keep mentioning.
This is one of B’s consistent “inaccuracies.” It wasnt 78. It was 74.
Funny thing is, even that is less than Biden’s 81 million. This tells us 2 things:
1) not even his supporters believe he won.
2) This is an attempt to make his humiliating defeat less so. They’re trying to make it seem closer than it was.
Bob Fosse
He was the end boss in Final Fantasy 2020, he lost.
Jsapc
Wait, I thought Trump was censored and silenced? Are you telling me he STILL can actually speak freely and transmit his idiotic messages to the populace?? What an incredible turn of events.
nishikat
Why does Trump hate FB so much? He's coming back in August.
The auditors are finding this and Trump will return in August.
bass4funk
Of course he can reach millions more through social media, that’s were the silencing comes in, but the left can chuckle all they want. I still remember when they broke up the phone companies and that laughter turned to sobs for them, so Facebook and Twitter are headed that way and Pelosi knows it.
PTownsend
This time the GOP with ongoing support from authoritarian regimes around the world are trying to steal the 2024 election, after they failed to steal the 2020 election.
Commodore Perry
FB won't be relevant in two years.
GdTokyoToday 09:10 am JST
Where is it written that FB violated laws? Another left-wing conspiracy theory.
Goodlucktoyou
I don’t use Big Tech companies so don’t care so much, but they put Biden in power causing the bombing of children in Gaza and pushing a nuclear war with China with detrimental effect on my life in Japan.
they are too powerful.
Bob Fosse
Place a bet on that, your life savings. I’m sure you’ll clean up.
bass4funk
Then if that is true, there is absolutely no need to silence the guy on social media, Zero.
And still retains his base to the astonishment of the Democrat machine.
Uh-huh…
nishikat
Parler and the Trump Blog? He is not silenced.
GdTokyo
I meant to say “exclude” not encompass. Apologies.
takeda.shingen.1991@gmail.com
Except that whole insurrection business. Most Americans don't like Trump, but he does have some idiot supporters who are well-armed and more than willing to use violence in support of Donald. There is no reason FB needs Donald on Facebook, zero.
His base? lol The base that never gave him the popular vote? Cool story.
Brilliant retort.
Peter Neil
I don't care what Trump says about anything.
bass4funk
Not quite, but that’s ok. Zuckerberg and Dorsey won’t be chuckling too much longer. Don’t think they’ll be able to pay anyone off to keep the House
GdTokyo
For ONCE you are correct.
Trump is far to cheap and lazy to make a competent social media platform.
theFu
Should have been suspended until Jan 21, 2024 or death. Which ever happens first. Mr. President-Ex isn't getting any younger.
I agree with Trump on that, but suspect his idea of abuse and mine are different.
It sure is nice to have a President who is actually Presidential and not petty.
Alex
Sheesh, and this country goes around the world preaching about freedom of speech...
bass4funk
That’s why Trump said that, he knew you guys on the left would be doing what you’re doing now, you took the bait. This is why I love Trump, he knows how to equally troll the left as much as left loves to troll him. Lol
sdf_crew_member
Let freedom of speech flourish!
But it's our freedom of speech not them.
Bob Fosse
I prefer a President who does his job rather than pursuing petty Twitter feuds and obsessing over plumbing.
But each to their own I suppose. It takes different strokes.
Jsapc
The most surprising thing about the 2020 election is that 74 million people actually voted for... Donald Trump. Can you imagine that?? A man who doesn't know the difference between the words "oranges" and "origins".
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mueller-report-oranges-wind-farms-noise-cancer-a8852111.html
Let that sink in. Actually showing up to the polls and voluntarily deciding to cast your vote for president for a man who doesn't know what happened at Pearl Harbor.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pearl-harbor-memorial-tour-john-kelly-stable-genius-2020-1
Seems completely insane, doesn't it??? Yeah...
Jimizo
The problem with this is the large number of morons and hysterical conspiracy theorists Trump attracts. People with a reasonable IQ and a balanced temperament see this trash for what it is, but there are some who take this seriously. Look what happened with his stolen election stupidity.
Trump needs to speak at the level of the slowest kid in the class, and his particular class is filled with students with their shoes on the wrong feet and jumping out of windows.
WA4TKG
It appears I too am a FB Felon.
Just this week I was blocked due to a response to a post.
No great loss.
Give FB a rest already
bass4funk
That always takes time. DeSantis was talking about it though.
I think they’re more worried after 2022 when the GOP take over and frankly, I would as well if I were them.
Bob Fosse
I thought he was busy suing Facebook.
bass4funk
You can do both. Lol
Bob Fosse
He won’t do either and you know it.
Commodore Perry
Facebook did an incredible favor for 90% of the people here, by creating a virtual safe space.