Facebook executives have long taken a light touch to policing speech posted by politicians, maintaining that people have a right to see statements from their leaders.
Facebook has no plans to lift ban on Donald Trump s accounts, COO Sheryl Sandberg Says
Facebook s operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said if Trump wanted to appeal the removal of his content, that could happen through the company s new Oversight Board
Reuters | January 12, 2021 | Updated 13:22 IST
US President Donald Trump
Facebook s operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world s largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of US President Donald Trump, as the company clamped down on a phrase that has become a rallying cry for the president s supporters.
Sandberg, speaking during the Reuters Next conference, said she was glad that Facebook had frozen Trump s accounts, which came as tech giants scrambled to crack down on his baseless claims about fraud in the US presidential election amid riots in Washington last week.
India to decide on Covid-19 vaccine exports in few weeks
Foreign minister S. Jaishankar.
Kevin Krolicki
, Reuters
India will be able to decide on exports of coronavirus vaccines within the next few weeks, foreign minister S.Jaishankar said today, as governments abroad seek to shore up supplies
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India will be able to decide on exports of coronavirus vaccines within the next few weeks, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday, as governments abroad seek to shore up supplies.
India, one of the world s biggest producers of vaccines and generic drugs, is expected to be a key manufacturing centre for Covid-19 vaccines.
Facebook bans ALL mentions of Stop the Steal to prevent further violence after freezing Trump s account in big tech s latest move against MAGA mob - as Parler vanishes from the internet
Facebook said it would remove all references to Stop the Steal - the campaign that claims Biden won through mail-in voter fraud
It says that it is one of the driving forces behind Wednesday s riot at the Capitol
Some but not all of those at Trump s Save America Rally stormed the Capitol
Trump has been banned by Facebook and Twitter for not condemning them
Parler - where many of the rioters openly discussed their plans- has now been removed from the internet
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