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by dominotw 1845 days ago
> re-assess if further ban is necessary.

What will be the new factors in 2 years that aren't present now.

Current ban is based on "violated Facebook’s Community Standards and Instagram’s Community Guidelines"

I don't see what they can possibly re-assess if he isn't on their platform in the first place.

They will monitor his behavior outside of their platform and deem him worthy or not?

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> What will be the new factors in 2 years that aren't present now

The location of the Overton window. Facebook is just hedging it's bets. George Bush is largely accepted by Democrats now many of whom wore F bush t-shirts a decade or so ago.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

Could possibly be because his policies have been carried on by every single president after him. It's not like the Democrats stopped the wars he started. It's not like Trump did and Biden doesn't seem to be stepping up to do so.

They've all been doing essentially the same thing. The only way the parties really differ is in the lies they tell to get votes.

Maybe he'll be dead or otherwise incapacitated by then.