Post by Admin on May 5, 2021 2:56:30 GMT
Former President Donald Trump launched a new blog Tuesday to get his message out to users, a task that's been complicated by his bans from Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. But the move could actually also lead to more takedowns of his remarks online.
Most major platforms prohibit users from circumventing their suspensions by turning to alternative accounts to put up posts. Those rules prompted Twitter and Facebook to take action earlier this year against posts they said sought to skirt around Trump's January suspensions, including ones by his campaign account and his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
Now, Trump has launched a web page making it easier for users to post his remarks verbatim to both Facebook and Twitter, and it could lead to more run-ins with the social media companies policies.
A Twitter spokesperson told POLITICO in a statement Tuesday that sharing content from Trump's new site — "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" — generally "is permitted as long as the material does not otherwise violate the Twitter Rules."
But, the spokesperson said, sharing posts from the site will break Twitter's rules against ban evasions if users try to imitate Trump's account and their "sole intent is to replace a suspended account." A Facebook spokesperson did not return a request for comment on how the platform will handle users sharing Trump's blog messages on its site. But both sides could soon have to make calls on posts originating from the blog that test its policies against circumventing suspensions.
After Trump’s personal account was permanently banned from Twitter on Jan. 8, the company later kicked off his campaign Twitter account for posting messages identical to those posted by Trump’s personal account. It also removed a series of tweets posted by the White House's official account that also mirrored Trump’s posts.
Facebook separately in March removed a video posted by Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump that contained the former president’s voice, according to news reports, an action it said it took “in line with the block placed on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.”
Donald J. Trump
11:28am May 3, 2021
Heartwarming to read new polls on big-shot warmonger Liz Cheney of the great State of Wyoming. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, won’t happen. They never liked her much, but I say she’ll never run in a Wyoming election again!
www.donaldjtrump.com/desk
Most major platforms prohibit users from circumventing their suspensions by turning to alternative accounts to put up posts. Those rules prompted Twitter and Facebook to take action earlier this year against posts they said sought to skirt around Trump's January suspensions, including ones by his campaign account and his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
Now, Trump has launched a web page making it easier for users to post his remarks verbatim to both Facebook and Twitter, and it could lead to more run-ins with the social media companies policies.
A Twitter spokesperson told POLITICO in a statement Tuesday that sharing content from Trump's new site — "From the Desk of Donald J. Trump" — generally "is permitted as long as the material does not otherwise violate the Twitter Rules."
But, the spokesperson said, sharing posts from the site will break Twitter's rules against ban evasions if users try to imitate Trump's account and their "sole intent is to replace a suspended account." A Facebook spokesperson did not return a request for comment on how the platform will handle users sharing Trump's blog messages on its site. But both sides could soon have to make calls on posts originating from the blog that test its policies against circumventing suspensions.
After Trump’s personal account was permanently banned from Twitter on Jan. 8, the company later kicked off his campaign Twitter account for posting messages identical to those posted by Trump’s personal account. It also removed a series of tweets posted by the White House's official account that also mirrored Trump’s posts.
Facebook separately in March removed a video posted by Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump that contained the former president’s voice, according to news reports, an action it said it took “in line with the block placed on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.”
Donald J. Trump
11:28am May 3, 2021
Heartwarming to read new polls on big-shot warmonger Liz Cheney of the great State of Wyoming. She is so low that her only chance would be if vast numbers of people run against her which, hopefully, won’t happen. They never liked her much, but I say she’ll never run in a Wyoming election again!
www.donaldjtrump.com/desk