Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Erin Scott | Reuters
Facebook on Friday introduced a serious reversal to its content material moderation insurance policies, saying politicians’ posts will now not be exempt from the corporate’s guidelines that forestall customers from participating in dangerous speech.
The firm additionally mentioned Friday that former President Donald Trump will remain suspended from the platform for two years, efficient from the preliminary Jan. 7 suspension date.
This is a 180-degree change for Facebook, which had beforehand vowed to uphold free speech and proclaimed that it should not be an arbiter of truth. Most notably within the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. election, the corporate made the controversial decision to permit politicians to run adverts on Facebook even when they contained misinformation.
The new coverage comes after Facebook’s impartial Oversight Board in May decided to uphold the corporate’s choice to droop Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts. In its choice, nevertheless, the board famous that Facebook wanted to reassess the way it moderates the speech of political leaders and clearly define these guidelines for the general public.
