Meta's Change of Course
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (85053)
United States
July 13, 2024 7:05am CST
There was a time when sites like Twitter and Facebook had a lot of power and control over their platform's users. They still do, to some extent, but would you be able to silence the President of the United States?
Maybe. But it would not seem to be too smart of a move, honestly.
As the writing is becoming clearer on the wall that Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president in January, Zuckerberg's teams have decided to lift restrictions on his accounts.
Trump's Twitter (now X) account was restored months ago after Elon Musk became the owner of the social media site, although Trump has never really returned, preferring to use his own Truth Social instead.
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@moffittjc (120850)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jul
It's funny how these millionaires and billionaires that run all these companies in the US will change their tune in a heartbeat to protect themselves based on who is in power in the White House. It goes to show that they really could care less who the President is, as long as they can continue making money.
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@moffittjc (120850)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jul
@porwest Yeah, the Zucher better play nice or the bully may just turn on him.
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
13 Jul
Very true. I pointed out to our buddy Greg from Wapella (which is somewhere between Mars and LaLa Land) that CEOs have largely resigned themselves to Trump. Their loyalties are to the businesses they own and the money they generate, and when the president is someone who happens to have influence on things like regulations, laws and taxes...
You don't really want to make too much noise against them.
In the case of Zuckerberg, he's a fish Trump might want to fry. Sites like Facebook and X have long wanted to remain outside of "news organization" status, which would GREATLY take away their control over content, since they would then have to abide by the 1st Amendment.
Zucky doesn't want to give up that control, and he figures, MAYBE if he plays nice with Trump, he might look for a different fish to toss into the frying pan. Zucky may be a tool, but he's not a dull one in the shed in which he resides.
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@xander6464 (42308)
• Wapello, Iowa
14 Jul
As the writing is becoming clearer on the wall that Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president in January, Zuckerberg's teams have decided to lift restrictions on his accounts.
----Uh, huh. The same way you said he was going to neat Sleepy Joe last time.
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
14 Jul
It's over, Greg. Why not just face the facts? You always say our side is locked in. But I think its the other way around. I have never seen an HONEST response from you at all. EVER. It's why I mostly just play along with you. It's entertainment. I never consider anything to be a serious exchange.
@lovebuglena (43886)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Jul
So is he now able to post on FB again? Not that he'd want to probably.
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@lovebuglena (43886)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Jul
@porwest I read a headline that said that Trump said he is lucky to be alive and that he praised the secret service. Did he really praise the secret service? They should've apprehended the shooter as soon as they saw him instead of waiting till he fired shots at Trump to do something about it.
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
17 Jul
I read a headline that said that Trump said he is lucky to be alive and that he praised the secret service. Did he really praise the secret service? They should've apprehended the shooter as soon as they saw him instead of waiting till he fired shots at Trump to do something about it.
@lovebuglena There are definitely some deep ended questions that need to be answered, and I am sure will be answered. But I think to criticize the Secret Service immediately after this probably would have had terrible optics and he was right not to do it.
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
15 Jul
Yes. He can post on Facebook again. As for whether he will do that? Maybe. Maybe not. I know he's pretty much avoided X ever since Musk let him back on the site. Although much of his Truth Social stuff gets tweeted out of an account that retweets Truth Social posts from Trump.
I guess we'll have to see what happens once Trump becomes president again. He may be more willing to go back to some of these sites since it would give him better reach to speak directly to the American people.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
13 Jul
It's all in the way they choose to play the game & us as their pawns to play with.
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@2ndchances24 (7489)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
14 Jul
@porwest Trump got shot at his rally today, have you seen that yet??
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@porwest (85053)
• United States
15 Jul
@2ndchances24 Yes. Of course. I know we talked about it, but I didn't want to leave your comment here ignored at the same time.
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