Donald Trump launches tweet-style blog ahead of Facebook ban ruling
- Move comes before decision from Facebook oversight board on whether to uphold Trump’s indefinite suspension from platform
- Trump was banned from Facebook, Twitter, and other sites after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6
Trump launched a blog page on his site on Tuesday, which is visually similar to Twitter but contains only posts from Trump.
Supporters could technically also use it to repost Trump's statements to Twitter or Facebook, as there is the option to share any short post as a quote via the social media platforms and link back with just a few clicks.
A Twitter spokesman said sharing content from the website would be permitted as long as the material did not otherwise break Twitter’s rules, but that attempts to circumvent a suspension would not be permitted – for example, imitating a suspended account to try to replace it.
He said Twitter would look out for any such cases.
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Trump was locked out of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after his supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington in January.
