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Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years
Facebook Says Trump Will Remain Suspended For At Least Two More Years Former President Donald Trump isn't going to “like" Facebook’s decision to keep him in cyber jail through at least much of 2023. Citing his “praise for people who engaged in violence” during the deadly insurrection at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, Facebook upheld its suspension of Trump’s accounts on both Facebook and Instagram, saying he will be barred from using their social media platforms for two years. “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 ava…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
Teen Suing NY School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem Teen Suing NY School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem
Teen Suing NY School For Refusing To Publish George Floyd Poem A New York teenager is seeking millions of dollars from a Long Island school district that refused to publish her poem regarding the murder of George Floyd a year ago. Ruby Ray, a sophomore in the Port Jefferson School District attending Vandermeulen High School in Suffolk County, is alleging that she wrote “Derek Chauvin’s Ode to George Floyd: A Dark Sonnet’’ in late April and submitted it to her school’s literary magazine for publication, only to be turned down this week by the district. In response, Ray, who is 16 years old, and her family filed a $2 million notice of claim against the …

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Trump, Social Media Advisor, Area Native Dan Scavino Cry Foul Over Temporary Facebook Block Trump, Social Media Advisor, Area Native Dan Scavino Cry Foul Over Temporary Facebook Block
Trump, Social Media Advisor, Area Native Dan Scavino Cry Foul Over Temporary Facebook Block President Donald Trump and his social media director, Northern Westchester native Dan Scavino, were both up in arms after Scavino was temporarily banned from Facebook when he was flagged as a bot. Scavino posted a screenshot on Tuesday from the social media giant that said, “some of your comments have been reported as spam. To avoid getting blocked again, make sure your posts are in line with the Facebook Community Standards,” locking him out of the website. “Dear Facebook - AMAZING. WHY ARE YOU STOPPING ME from replying to comments followers have left me - on my own Facebook Page!!?? Peopl…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her
YouTube Shooter Claimed Site Discriminated Against Her UPDATE: The armed woman who police said killed herself after critically wounding her boyfriend and injuring two other people at YouTube headquarters in northern California on Tuesday previously complained that the site had discriminated against her. "I'm being discriminated and filtered on YouTube and I'm not the only one," Nasim Aghdam, 39, said in several videos she'd posted. She also had a website with several complaints about YouTube -- including that it was age-restricting her videos and limiting the number of views they received. "Videos of targeted users are filtered …

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by Jerry DeMarco