Facebook Inc. said it is removing all content stating “ stop stealing, ” a phrase popular among supporters of President Trump’s unproven allegations of electoral fraud, as part of a series of measures to eliminate disinformation and incite violence on his platform before President to counteract. – select Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The social media giant said Monday it would uphold its decision to suspend Mr. Trump for at least two weeks, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the time saying the risks of using Facebook during this period were also high. Excellent. The company also said on Monday it would pause any US ads about politics or elections, including Mr Trump’s.
“With constant efforts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election that could lead to violence and the use of the [‘stop the steal’] term by those involved in Wednesday’s violence in DC, we are taking this extra step leading up to the inauguration, ”Facebook said in a blog post. “It may take time to scale up our enforcement of this new move, but we’ve already removed a significant number of posts.”
Facebook is one of the prominent technology companies – including Twitter Inc., Snap Inc., Reddit Inc. and others – who have taken steps in recent days to silence the president’s personal accounts or the online communities dedicated to him, citing rules banning content that incites violence. The relocations followed Wednesday’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, who stormed the building after the president and his allies urged them to march on it as lawmakers gathered in to celebrate Mr. Biden’s Electoral. College to certify.
In addition, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Google from Alphabet Inc. each with the support of social media service Parler, which was hugely popular among conservatives and other right-wing users and known for its loose rules for posting content.