Facebook announced Friday that the accounts belonging to former President Donald Trump would remain suspended for at least two years. Facebook says at

Facebook says Trump's accounts will remain suspended until at least January 2023

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2021-06-04 21:30:04

Facebook announced Friday that the accounts belonging to former President Donald Trump would remain suspended for at least two years.

Facebook says at the end of the two-year period, it will look to experts to "assess whether the risk to public safety has receded."

"We will evaluate external factors, including instances of violence, restrictions on peaceful assembly and other markers of civil unrest," the company said in a statement. "If we determine that there is still a serious risk to public safety, we will extend the restriction for a set period of time and continue to re-evaluate until that risk has receded."

Facebook also said that upon Trump's reinstatement "there will be a strict set of rapidly escalating sanctions that will be triggered if Mr. Trump commits further violations in future, up to and including permanent removal of his pages and accounts."

Facebook suspended Trump's accounts on Jan. 7, the day after thousands of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly riot. In a Facebook post, company founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Trump would initially be suspended through Jan. 20 over “his decision to use his platform to condone rather than condemn the actions of his supporters at the Capitol building.”

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