Meta’s Rationale for Letting Trump Back on Facebook Couldn’t Be More Dumb

Before Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s Twitter account in November, he pulled a stunt that’s more common in reality television than online content moderation, granting his fans the power to vote Trump back onto one of the most popular internet islands. While the poll was comically unscientific, it still allowed Musk to sell the move as democratic in a most homespun fashion. But Meta, a far more self-serious institution than the Musk-led Twitter, somehow came up with an even more ridiculous rationale for reinstating Trump, who was suspended from Facebook and Instagram shortly after the Capitol riot. In a 1,158-word… Read Full Article