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YouTube reinstates Donald Trump’s channel
Donald Trump’s YouTube suspension is over
YouTube is the latest internet giant to restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts. The Google-owned video service has lifted a ban on video uploads from Trump’s channel. YouTube says it made the decision after weighing the “continued risk” of violence versus the opportunity to hear from major political candidates. Trump will still be subject to the same policies as other users, the company says.
YouTube blocked uploads on Trump’s channel days after the January 6th, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by supporters hoping to overturn presidential election results. The site also deleted certain videos. It didn’t scrub the channel outright, however. Meta and Twitter were stricter, banning Trump entirely over concerns his statements might incite violent acts.
1/ Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content. We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) March 17, 2023
Trump hasn’t posted any new videos to YouTube since the upload restriction disappeared. As a rule, he hasn’t used Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other services that have removed bans and other limits. He instead prefers to use his own Truth Social platform, where he has an agreement to give content at least a six-hour exclusive.
The change of heart comes soon after House Republicans unveiled plans to grill tech giants’ CEOs over content moderation policies. For years, conservatives have alleged that Google, Meta and other big-name brands censor right-wing views under the guise of fighting misinformation and hate speech. The companies have repeatedly denied these claims, and evidence has emerged that companies sometimes made policy exceptions for conservative outlets over fear of a backlash.
The derestrictions at this stage are more symbolic than practical. However, they illustrate the fine line YouTube and other internet heavyweights are trying to walk between free speech and the desire to keep potentially troublesome content away from their products.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/donald-trumps-youtube-suspension-is-over-145005582.html?src=rss
SNL’s ‘Weekend Update’ roasts Biden’s Ukraine trip and Trump’s East Palestine visit
Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update whipped through the news of the week, landing great jokes about pretty much all the major headlines. Co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che addressed President Joe Biden’s trip to Ukraine, former President Donald Trump’s visit to East Palestine, Ohio, Tucker Carlson’s January 6 video, and much, much more.
The duo especially focused on Trump’s visit to the train derailment in the small town in Ohio, which resulted in a potentially dangerous chemical burn-off. The former president dropped in, criticized Biden, and handed out water branded with his logo.
“While visiting the disaster site, Trump also gave out bottles of Trump-branded water,” Jost said. “Said residents, ‘Thanks, but we’d rather drink the toxic train water.”
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Meta restores Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
As promised, Meta has restored former president Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts, two years after it suspended him from both platforms. The company previously said it would apply extra “guardrails” to his accounts to “deter repeat offenses.”
Meta, like Twitter and other services, kicked Trump off of its platforms in January 2021 after he praised those participating in the Capitol Hill insurrection. The company initially locked the accounts for 24 hours over two policy violations before it suspended him indefinitely. Meta’s Oversight Board was among those who criticized the handling of the ban.
The company later said Trump’s accounts would remain suspended for two years, after which it would reassess things. In late January, it emerged that Trump would soon regain access to the platforms, not long after it was reported that he had pushed Meta to restore his accounts.
By 2:30PM ET, Trump, who is running for the White House for a third time, had not posted anything on either platform. He has an agreement with his “free speech” app Truth Social, whereby he has to share social media posts there first and can’t plop them anywhere else for at least six hours. Twitter restored Trump’s account on its service late last year, but he hasn’t returned to what was once his favored social media platform either. Maybe he’s still too butthurt about that one thing Chrissy Teigen wrote about him.