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4 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
#BREAKING Facebook bans former US president Donald Trump for 2 years
#BREAKING Facebook to hold politicians accountable for disinformation
Former president Trump said his two-year ban by Facebook was an "insult" to voters, as he renewed his unsupported claims about the 2020 presidential election
#UPDATE "Given the gravity of the circumstances that led to Mr. Trump's suspension, we believe his actions constituted a severe violation of our rules which merit the highest penalty available," said Facebook's vice president of global affairs
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"Next time I'm in the White House there will be no more dinners, at his request, with Mark Zuckerberg and his wife," Trump said of Facebook's chief executive. "It will be all business!"

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