Totally cool? Facebook officials announced that Trump’s “gag order” will be extended for another 2 years to 2023.

The Financial Associated Press (Shanghai, editor Huang Junzhi), local time on June 4 (Friday), the US social media platform Facebook announced that it will extend Trump’s ban on Facebook and his social media accounts to January 7, 2023 day. At that time, the company will reassess whether the public safety risks of allowing Trump to reuse its services have subsided.

“We will evaluate external factors, including violent incidents, restrictions on peaceful assemblies and other signs of civil unrest,” the company said in a statement. “If we determine that there are still serious risks to public safety, we will extend the restrictions for a period of time. And continue to reassess until the risk subsides.”

Facebook said that if Trump is allowed to re-use the service, and it further violates the company’s content censorship regulations, it will trigger a series of severe sanctions that escalate rapidly. The two-year ban will prevent Trump from using Facebook or Instagram to interact with his fans before the 2022 midterm elections in the United States.

After the riots in the US Congress on January 6, Facebook suspended Trump’s account. This decision is the most radical action taken by the platform against Trump during his four-year tenure. A few weeks later, Facebook submitted the ban to its supervisory committee, stating that “we believe it is important for the committee to review it and reach an independent judgment on whether the ban should be maintained.”

In May, Facebook’s independent oversight committee voted that the accounts of former US President Trump will continue to be blocked for an “indefinite period” and asked Facebook to republish the review results and determine punitive measures within six months.

Now, after reviewing, the committee believes that after the January 6 riots, a two-year ban is an appropriate time to allow Trump and others not to violate the regulations again in the future.

In addition to banning Trump, this time Facebook also plans to amend the management regulations for the accounts of world leaders. Previously, Facebook did not conduct due censorship of relevant accounts because it was assumed that the speeches of world leaders were “newsworthy” and were part of public debate.

According to people familiar with the matter, Facebook will continue to grant some privileges to the accounts of world leaders, but once the relevant accounts violate the regulations, Facebook will clearly mark the offending posts. At the same time, Facebook will also launch a new ban system. Once the world leader’s account spreads hate speech or may trigger violent activities, the account will face the possibility of banning.