Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Mark Zuckerberg's social network, Facebook, announced that it will extend the suspension of its services to Donald Trump, former president of the United States; however, Facebook's Supervisory Board determined that the sanction should be extended indefinitely.
Facebook made it known that due to the fallout over his statements in which he incited thousands of people to take over the U.S. Capitol represent "a serious violation" of Facebook's policies.
In January of this year, Trump incited thousands of people to violently take over the Capitol during an event certifying the validity of last November 2020 election where his Democratic counterpart, now U.S. President Joseph Biden, won.
Several social networks were forced to interrupt their services to the former president to avoid a wave of violence in the U.S.; therefore, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitch limited access to his information and access to publish on that platform because they considered him a threat to the security of the United States.
Facebook's suspension will be effective for two years from the first day of its suspension, January 7. This was announced Friday by Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of Global Affairs. The suspension, therefore, would take effect until January 7, 2024, which would allow Trump to continue a presidential campaign for that year.
Trump's suspension from Facebook responds to the violation of the social network's Terms of Use, which establishes the suspension of the service for at least one month and up to two years for "inciting violence" or provoking disturbances such as those that occurred in January in the U.S. Capitol; therefore, Facebook's independent oversight board determined that the first suspension of the president from the social network was "appropriate".
