Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse

Why Donald Trump’s return to Facebook could mark a rocky new age for online discourse

a year ago
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jan/31/techscape-donald-trump-return-to-facebook-meta-instagram-chatbot

The former president was banned from Instagram and Facebook following the Jan 6 attacks, but Meta argues that new ‘guardrails’ will keep his behaviour in check. Plus: is a chatbot coming for your job?

It’s been two years since Donald Trump was banned from Meta, but now he’s back. The company’s justification for allowing the former president to return to Facebook and Instagram – that the threat has subsided – seems to ignore that in the two years since the ban Trump hasn’t changed, it’s just that his reach has reduced.