Facebook Chucked Its Own Rulebook to Ban Trump

Facebook Chucked Its Own Rulebook to Ban Trump
The move is a reminder of social platforms’ power over online speech — and the inconsistency with which they wield it
Will Oremus
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Jan 7, 2021
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Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesAfter four years of accommodating, tolerating, and occasionally wrist-slapping Donald Trump, Facebook chose the morning after a riot breached the U.S. Capitol to suspend the outgoing…
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Written by Will Oremus
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