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Facebook removes video of Trump interview with daughter-in-law Lara, citing ban

Published 03/31/2021, 02:37 PM
Updated 03/31/2021, 03:25 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando

By Elizabeth Culliford

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has removed a video of an interview with former U.S. President Donald Trump, who remains banned from the platform, from his daughter-in-law Lara Trump's Facebook page, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Lara Trump, who is married to the former president's son Eric and recently joined Fox News as a contributor, had promoted an interview with Trump for her own online show "The Right View" in Instagram posts on Tuesday.

She later posted a screenshot of an email from Facebook that said her video with Trump speaking had been removed, citing the ban on his accounts.

Trump was suspended from Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram indefinitely over incitement of violence following the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Facebook has sent the case of Trump's suspension to its independent oversight board.

"In line with the block we placed on Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts, further content posted in the voice of Donald Trump will be removed and result in additional limitations on the accounts," the email read.

The Facebook spokeswoman, who spoke on condition that her name not be used, confirmed the email was real but declined to comment. Trump spokesman Jason Miller did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the action.

In another email shared by Lara Trump on her Facebook page, Facebook said the guidance applied to all campaign accounts, messaging vehicles and former Trump surrogates on the site.

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Since the ban, the former president has been shown speaking on Facebook's platforms in news coverage from outlets such as Fox News and Newsmax.

Trump was barred by several social media platforms after the riot, including Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR), which has said its ban is permanent, and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Inc's YouTube, which said it will reinstate his account when the risk of violence decreases.

Latest comments

Why do you continue to cater to this Nut ?!
Thanks tre. Nasty bat eater
looking at that photo, I wonder how orange can a person be before his skin has an allergic reaction to the chemical???
Censorship at its finest Democrats are destroying America
So Facebook is America?
"Democrats" are not the ones who banned him. Companies banned him (for breaking the rules) not because they don't like him, or because he's a Republican and somebody at the company is a Democrat. Why should Trump be allowed to break the rules but not anybody else? Those platforms have clear Terms of Service and anybody can get banned if they break the rules, especially after multiple warnings. It has nothing to do with partisanship.
Democratic party has NOTHING to do with this. I wonder how your investments are doing, when you are that easy to manipulate?
The worshippers of their golden idle continue to cry
"Idle?", seriously?
what's all the covfefe about?
Love father from King America Thepphrit Thiankhao Trump
Trumpanzees need to be banned everywhere from the internet,hate has no place in this civilized world.As President Joe Biden said in his inaugural address we have begun the healing process.
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it is indeed. that's why we need to fight the big tech and fake media!
Let's just remember whose supporters destroyed 7 major cities all because of their hate. Your ignorance is showing
who cares, private industry has the freedom to block those they see as a nuisance.
I'd so happy to see fb being banned globally
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